NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC92LA169
Registry · N206RK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206C
Year of manufacture
1968 · 24 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1A9CE
Registrant of record
ALBRECQ ROBERT W
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
PILOT IN COMMANDS'S POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE, LACK OF RECENCY OF PIC EXPERIENCE IN TYPE OF OPERATION, LOSS OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE TAKEOFF CAPABILITIES, TERRAIN CONDITION OF SOFT WET SNOW.
Factual narrative
THE C206 SKIPLANE DECELERATED UPON ENCOUNTERING DEEP WET SNOW PRIOR TO LIFT OFF. WITNESSES ON BOARD REPORTED THAT THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT, VEERED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID TREES AND STRUCK A DITCH, BRUSH AND IRREGULAR TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION ON SCENE CONFIRMED THE CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORTS FINDINGS OF RUNWAY CONDITIONS. NO SKI ANOMALY WAS FOUND AT SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT OR ON THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE. THE SKI OPERATION MAY HAVE BEEN FIRST OF SEASON, NO EVIDENCE THAT PILOT HAD RECENT EXPERIENCE IN SNOW SKI TAKEOFF. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE BELIEVED THE RIGHT SKI DRAGGED ON TAKEOFF DUE TO LOW TIRE PRESSURE WHICH ALLOWED THE INSERT ON WHICH THE TIRE RESTS TO DRAG IN THE SNOW. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1992_ANC92LA169.txt.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
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- NASA NTRS 2010 · Abstract
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