Cessna 206 N9608G

Summary

On 1 June 1996 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N9608G, operated by Island Air Service, was involved in an incident near Kodiak, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 June 1996 at 22:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Kodiak, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

57.7893, -152.4007

Aircraft

Cessna 206

Registration

N9608G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Island Air Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC96IA077

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors in the accident were: soft terrain, the use of an oversize nose wheel tire, and the FAA's inadequate field approval process for tundra tires.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot reported that he was landing on a beach near a remote river to pick up fishermen. During the landing roll-out, the pilot slowed the airplane to about 5 knots and was beginning to turn the airplane around. The nose wheel encountered an area of soft sand during the turn and the nose wheel strut fractured. The airplane was equipped with 10.5 X 28.5 X 15 tundra tires, wheels, and hubs that were installed on the main landing gear under an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate. The STC requires that the airplane must be equipped with an FAA approved nose wheel/tire installation. The airplane had an oversized 8.50 nose wheel tire and tube installed that was approved by an FAA FSDO inspector under a field approval. The FAA's handbook for airworthiness inspectors indicates that modifications to landing gear are major alterations and require an STC.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.