ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204501
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 2017 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N734GW |
| MSN: | U20604832 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chicken, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Chicken, AK |
| Tok, AK (6K8) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while taking off from a road, the airplane struck a road sign with its left wing. He explained that, during takeoff, the airplane had accelerated rapidly and that, in the next moment, he felt a lurch to the left. The parking brake, which he had forgotten to release, then released. He added that he had “incorrectly assumed” that the brake had grabbed and caused the lurch, not the unknown to him, sign strike. Subsequently, he corrected with rudder and continued the flight.
He added that the airplane flew “normally” but that it had a “slightly left-wing heavy feel.” He continued the flight without further incident.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it had sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a sign while taking off from a road.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1993 | N734GW | 40 Mile Air | 0 | Deadhorse, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Jan-2018 20:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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