Accident Cessna TU206G N5102X, Sunday 13 March 1983

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Date:	Sunday 13 March 1983
Time:	16:15 LT
Type:	Cessna TU206G
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N5102X
MSN:	U20605568
Year of manufacture:	1980
Total airframe hrs:	342 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520-M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Glennallen, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Anchorage, AK (MRI)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AND GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED NARROW RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAD BEEN INACTIVE IN FLYING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACCIDENT ACFT. HE HAD 9 HOURS DUAL AND 3 HOURS SOLO IN THIS ACFT. HE STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED FOR LANDING ON 3/13 HE WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP WITH THE CLEARED AREA OF THE NARROW RUNWAY. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRIFTED INTO THE SNOW BERM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE ACFT ENTERED A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT IT TIPED ONTO THE LEFT WING.

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