Cessna U206F N206CL

Summary

On 22 July 2015 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna U206F registered N206CL, operated by Pacific Alaska Shellfish Inc, was involved in an accident near Kasilof, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 July 2015 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kasilof, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.2836, -152.4581

Aircraft

Cessna U206F

Registration

N206CL

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Operator

Pacific Alaska Shellfish Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kasilof → Nikiski

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC15CA053

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, which resulted in a jammed elevator and subsequent loss of control and collision with terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was departing a remote tidal beach in a tricycle landing gear-equipped airplane. The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, right at liftoff, the airplane hit a piece of drift wood jamming the elevator in the nose-up position. As the airplane became airborne the pilot reduced power in an effort to control pitch. At about 15 feet above ground level the elevator broke free, and locked in the nose down position. The airplane impacted the beach sustaining substantial damage to the firewall and left elevator. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.