Accident · 2004-12-16

NTSB case ANC05CA017 · Cessna U206G · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2004-12-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna U206G (N496K)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: KATMAI AIR, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Katmai Air Leasing LLC

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control, and collision with a ditch. Factors contributing to the accident were an icy taxiway and wind gusts.

Source: NTSB case ANC05CA017

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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