Cessna 206 accident near Homer, AK
On June 19, 2007, a Cessna 206 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Homer, AK. 4 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 19, 2007
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 4 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 59.514°N, 151.481°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070626X00811
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 19, 2007, about 1103 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 206 airplane, N72067, sustained substantial damage when it crashed on an island beach following a loss of engine power during cruise flight, about 8 miles south of Homer, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area air taxi flight under Title 14, CFR Part 135, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by Smokey Bay Air Inc., Homer. The commercial certificated pilot and the three passengers received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and VFR company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated at the Seldovia Airport, Seldovia, Alaska, about 1052. The pilot departed in the accident airplane from Homer, about 1014. The pilot had flown three flights earlier in the day, in a different airplane. The accident flight initially went to Seldovia, a distance of about 15 nautical miles (nm), and landed at 1028. The pilot then departed at 1030, and flew to Nanwalek, Alaska, a distance of about 8.7 nm, and landed at 1038. She picked up two passengers, one of which had been having complications from a pregnancy, and was en route to a hospital in Homer. That passenger was placed in the left seat of the middle row. The second passenger was also en route to Homer, and was placed in the right front seat. The flight departed Nanwalek at 1040, and landed at Seldovia at 1048. The pilot picked up another passenger, and 246 pounds of cargo. The last passenger was placed in the right seat of the middle row. The flight depart
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation from the pilot's improper fuel selector positioning, and her failure to maintain adequate airspeed to preclude a stall. Contributing to the accident was an inadvertent stall.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
