- Date
- January 16, 1989, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sekiu, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N732FNCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890116000649A
- Case key
- 40971
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Probable cause
Pilot attempted a landing in adverse weather conditions, rather than postpone the business trip and return to origin or other safe area. Contributing to the accident were turbulence and gusty winds along with the self induced pressure to make the business flt.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was passing through mountain straits on a business trip to a coastal destination when strong winds and turbulence were encountered. The plt elected to attempt an landing at a strip short of the destination. The plt lost control of the acft during the approach and it contacted the terrain on short final. Winds were 30 KTS gusting to 40 KTS when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732FN
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604669
- Airframe hours
- 3,241
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard D. Dawson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1988 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Stevens, WA
- Destination
- Neah Bay, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 11S · Sekiu, runway 26, 2,980 × 35 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 375 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N732FN · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.