Cessna U206G N206JC

Summary

On 31 July 2016 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna U206G registered N206JC was involved in an accident near Sleetmute, Alaska, United States. 5 people were 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

31 July 2016 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sleetmute, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Sleetmute (SLQ)

Coordinates

61.6617, -157.1453

Aircraft

Cessna U206G

Registration

N206JC

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sleetmute → Sleetmute

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC16CA053

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after taking off from a wet runway and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was attempting a takeoff from an unimproved, wet airstrip with four passengers on board when the tricycle-geared airplane began to hydroplane, followed by a ground loop, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane's left wing and tail. A passenger stated that, after taxiing to the end of the runway and turning around, the pilot began the takeoff roll. After becoming airborne, the airplane immediately turned right, then left, then impacted the trees on the left side of the runway. Following the initial impact, the airplane began to travel backward through the trees. Photographs of the airplane taken immediately following the accident by the passenger show the flaps in the retracted position, the right main landing gear box protruding through the floorboard of the airplane, and substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage, just aft of the rear window.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.