Aircraft: Cessna 206. Injuries: None. Location: Buckland, Alaska. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: The pilot was attempting to land on a remote gravel bar adjacent to a river in gusty and variable winds.
A 10-knot headwind prevailed until just before touchdown, when the airplane descend below the anticipated approach path.
The pilot initiated a go-around, but the right wing abruptly dropped, and struck the water, which pivoted the airplane 90° to the right. The right wing sustained substantial damage.
Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during final approach in gusty wind conditions.
NTSB Identification: ANC13CA002
This October 2012 accident report is are provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.
Here we go again with the “probable cause” that the pilot “lost control”. Lost control? Did an aleron cable break or the rudder fall off of the airplane? That would be a couple of the ways that you could “lose control”. No, what happened was the pilot for whatever reason just didn’t control the aircraft under the wind conditions. Too bad because pilots should be able to control the aircraft in most all wind conditions except unusual severe wind conditions that pilots shouldn’t be scheduling flights in in the first place. Also the title of the article says “Gusty Winds leads to bad landing” which isn’t true either. Something going on with the pilot lead to the bad landing and it wasn’t the gusty wind. There is always gusty winds except on calm wind days…………