Cessna 206 N206JP

20 November 1979 · Gold King Crk, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 November 1979 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N206JP, operated by Aurora Air SVC, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Gold King Crk, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 November 1979 at 14:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Gold King Crk, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Gold King Creek
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 206
Registration: N206JP
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Aurora Air SVC
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Fairbanks, Ak → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3485

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

R MAIN GEAR DUG INTO LOOSE SNOW DURING T/O RUN. 8 INCHES LOOSE PACKED SNOW.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3485, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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