NTSB ANC89LA165 — 1989-09-14 · NONDALTON, Alaska, United States

Current FAA registration · N756NG

Make / Model: CESSNA U206G
Year of manufacture: 1977 · 12 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines: 6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19780117
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AA3186

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N756NG Cessna U206 None

Probable cause & findings

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT FOR THE LANDING, HIS EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED, AND HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: LOOSE/WET GRAVEL ON THE RUNWAY AND THE LOCATION OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

Factual narrative

AFTER LANDING, THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO AN AIRPLANE PARKED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S BRAKES FAILED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. HOWEVER, SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED THAT THE PLT LANDED LONG & FAST, THEN ABORTED AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. SKID MARKS FROM THE MAIN WHEELS WERE FOUND ON THE RWY. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE BRAKES WAS FOUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_ANC89LA165.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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