Cessna U206F N9575G
23 May 2017 · Noatak, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 May 2017 at about 02:23 local time, a Cessna U206F registered N9575G, operated by Golden Eagle Outfitters, was involved in an accident near Noatak, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 02:23
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Noatak, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 68.4714, -162.2250
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206F
- Registration
- N9575G
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1972
- Operator
- Golden Eagle Outfitters
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kotzebue → Noatak
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC17LA024
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
A fire in the airplane's cabin, which initiated for reasons that could not be determined due to extensive thermal damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial pilot reported that, after landing at a remote, unimproved off-airport landing site, he taxied the airplane to the end of the strip, and he turned around while raising the flaps. Immediately thereafter, he felt heat on the left side of his face. Subsequently, he saw flames in the aft cabin near the right cargo door. Both the pilot and passenger immediately exited the airplane. The cockpit, baggage area, right wing, left wing fuel cell, fuselage section forward of the vertical stabilizer, and the contents of the airplane were mostly consumed by fire. Due to the extensive thermal damage, the source of the fire could not be determined.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2017 | Cessna U206F | Page, Arizona, United States | American Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2017 | Cessna U206F | Caracarai, Brazil | Brabo Taxi Aereo Ltda | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 May 2018 | Cessna U206F | Trelawny, Jamaica | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 8 Aug 2015 | Cessna U206F | Istra, Russia | - | Fatal | 9 |
| 22 Jul 2015 | Cessna U206F | Kasilof, Alaska, United States | Pacific Alaska Shellfish Inc | No injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 2014 | Cessna U206F | Campo Grande, Brazil | - | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2017 | Beechcraft G18 | Metlakatla, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2017 | Cessna A185 | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 May 2017 | Stinson 108 | Pedro Bay, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 2017 | Cessna 182 | Skwentna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Mar 2017 | Cessna R172K | Nome, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Aug 2017 | Cessna 150 | Wasilla, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |