Cessna TU206G N5102X

Summary

On 13 March 1983 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna TU206G registered N5102X, operated by Michael F. Beirne, was involved in an accident near Glennallen, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 March 1983 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Glennallen, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Eureka Lodge

Coordinates

62.1005, -145.5307

Aircraft

Cessna TU206G

Registration

N5102X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Michael F. Beirne

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83LA057

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AND GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED NARROW RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAD BEEN INACTIVE IN FLYING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACCIDENT ACFT. HE HAD 9 HOURS DUAL AND 3 HOURS SOLO IN THIS ACFT. HE STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED FOR LANDING ON 3/13 HE WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP WITH THE CLEARED AREA OF THE NARROW RUNWAY. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRIFTED INTO THE SNOW BERM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE ACFT ENTERED A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT IT TIPED ONTO THE LEFT WING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.