ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293626
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| Date: | Sunday 12 June 2005 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N51205 |
| MSN: | U20601979 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13785 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Skwentna, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Willow Airport, AK (WOW/PAUO) |
| Skwentna, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot was on a 14 CFR Part 135 air taxi cargo flight transporting a load of plywood in an external rack that was attached to the belly of the fixed tricycle gear-equipped airplane. During cruise flight at 1,500 feet msl, he noticed the smell of smoke in the cockpit. He flew towards a river as flames entered the cabin of the airplane, and made an emergency landing on a gravel bar. He jumped from the airplane during the landing roll, and the airplane continued to roll until it struck a log and nosed over, with the fire still burning. Passing aircraft saw smoke in the area, and then spotted the airplane and the pilot in the river outside of the airplane. A helicopter pilot was nearby and responded to the scene. The pilot was airlifted to a local hospital by the helicopter pilot. According to the FAA, no records were found that the operator had an external load authorization. No records were found indicating that the airplane had a restricted category authorization for external loads, nor any authorization for installation of the external lumber rack.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper loading of externally carried lumber that caught fire due to exposure to hot exhaust gases during cruise flight, which resulted in an emergency descent/landing and subsequent collision with a gravel bar. A factor contributing to the accident was the operator's lack of FAA approval for the external lumber rack that was installed under the belly of the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC05LA085
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 April 1987 | N51205 | Michael J Yorke | 0 | Pt. Mackenzie, AK | |
sub |
| 18 April 1988 | N51205 | Airlift Alaska | 0 | Cantwell, AK | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 08:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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