ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363887
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1992 |
| Time: | 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206G |
| Owner/operator: | Bering Air, Inc. |
| Registration: | N9909Z |
| MSN: | U20606740 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5336 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kotzebue, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Point Hope, AK (PHO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING THE TAKEOFF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP AND THE WINGS ROCKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THEN THE AIRPLANE SETTLED AND CRASHED INTO THE SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS FROST ON THE WINGS BUT HE BRUSHED IT OFF. EXAMINATION OF THE WING'S UPPER SURFACE REVEALED THAT FROST REMAINED ON THE UPPER SURFACE. EXAMINATION OF THE CARGO, AIRPLANE, AND FUEL INFORMATION SHOWED THAT THE AIRPLANE WEIGHED 3700 POUNDS. THE CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS 3600 POUNDS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REMOVE ALL THE FROST FROM THE AIRPLANE AND EXCEEDING THE GROSS WEIGHT LIMIT OF THE AIRPLANE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92LA057
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 December 2004 | N9909Z | David Wilder | 0 | Illiamna, Alaska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 07:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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