Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Bradley Lake Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Bradley Lake, Alaska 99603
Saturday, February 20, 1993 7:57 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT SAID THAT HE ELECTED NOT TO POLISH OR REMOVE THE FROST FROM THE AIRFOIL SURFACES OF THE PLANE DURING THE PREFLIGHT BECAUSE HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS HEAVY OR COARSE ENOUGH TO BE OF ANY CONSEQUENCE TO THE TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE OF THE AIRPLANE. HALFWAY DOWN THE 2,000 FOOT STRIP, THE PILOT COMMENCED TO ROTATE THE AIRPLANE FOR LIFTOFF BUT THE AIRPLANE REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID THAT, 'THE AIRPLANE FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK TO THE RUNWAY'. A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS IMMEDIATELY MADE TO GET THE AIRPLANE TO FLY. THE AIRPLANE MAY HAVE ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF ONE TO TWO FEET BEFORE SETTLING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REDUCED ENGINE POWER IN ANTICIPATION OF ABORTING THE TAKEOFF BUT QUICKLY CHANGED HIS MIND BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 500 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ROOM AVAILABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP AT APPROXIMATELY 85 KNOTS, STRUCK A THRESHOLD LIGHT, AND ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT THREE FEET BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A PERIMETER FENCE AND ROCK COVERED TERRAIN.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOT REMOVING THE FROST FROM THE PLANE'S AIRFOIL SURFACES BEFORE TAKEOFF AND NOT ABORTING THE TAKEOFF WHEN THE AIRPLANE SHOWED NO SIGN OF WANTING TO FLY AT THE INITIAL ROTATION POINT/AIRSPEED. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICING CONDITIONS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 2/20/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 757 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | BRADLEY LAKE |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99603 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BRADLEY LAKE |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 240 |
| Airport Elevation | 25 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Dawn |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 10000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 10000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 30 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -2 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 290 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | 4 |
| Injury Total All | 4 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 925 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Feb 20 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 900 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 50045 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:08PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N5036U |
| NTSB Number | ANC93LA035 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 206 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 206 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 2060036 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Feb 8 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 18 |
| Airframe Hours | 8475 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | VERN L. LOFSTEDT |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | BOX 1042 RIDGEWAY |
| Aircraft Owner City | KENAI |
| Aircraft Owner State | AK |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 99611 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | SOUTH CENTRAL AIR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 135 GRANITE PT. COURT |
| Operator City | KENAI |
| Operator State | AK |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 99611 |
| Operator Code | SOCA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 757 |
| Departure Time Zone | AST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HOM |
| Destination City | HOMER |
| Destination State | AK |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 24 |
| Runway Length | 2000 |
| Runway Width | 50 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |