Accident · 2003-09-10

NTSB case ANC03LA113 · Cessna 206 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2003-09-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Cessna 206 (N710MH)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Dawn E. Foster Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Dawn E. Foster — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As: Circle Air

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an in-flight collision with brush, and subsequent stall of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were a crosswind, high vegetation (brush), and an inadvertent stall.

Source: NTSB case ANC03LA113

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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