Cessna 206 accident near English Bay, Alaska, January 8, 1992
On January 8, 1992 at about 6:35 pm local time, a Cessna 206, registered N5282U, was substantially damaged in an accident near English Bay, Alaska (English Bay airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE ICE AND SLUSH ON THE RUNWAY, THE SNOWBANK, AND THE CROSSWIND.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 12, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 8, 1992 · about 6:35 pm local time · cases in 1992
- Place
- English Bay, Alaska · English Bay · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206 · all 206s on the register
- Registration
- N5282U · no longer on the register · serial 206-0282
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
AFTER LANDING ON AN ICY RUNWAY WITH A CROSSWIND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK, AND DRAGGED A WING.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,210 hours in all; 725 in this make and model; 255 in the last 90 days; 60 in the last 30 days; 2,015 as pilot in command; 700 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,343 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, December 24, 1991; 24 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,200 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520-A (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Southcentral Air, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: HOM Homer AK at 6:12 pm
- Runway 19, 1,800 ft by 50 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 270° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 4,000 ft; scat at 1,500 ft
- Temperature: 32°F (0°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N5282U the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N5282U: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- Cessna 206 Stationair 213 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Cessna 72,683 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Continental IO-520-A 8 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Nanwalek Airport · nearest airport
- Homer Airport · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
- Other NTSB records under N5282U 1 records · the number may have belonged to another aircraft at the time
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/ANC92LA027.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.