Cessna 206 Was Attempting To Land On Campbell Lake

A film crew captured video of a Cessna 206 attempting to land on Campbell Lake just south of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday. The plane appeared to be briefly out of control, leading the videographer to say "she's going to crash", before returning to normal flight.

While that wouldn't normally be news, it is believed that the pilot of the airplane is Alaska Dispatch News publisher Alice Rogoff. The registration number for the plane, N907AR, is assigned to Rogoff through her company Umiailik LLC, which has the same address as her home on Campbell Lake, according to a report appearing on Must Read Alaska. The aircraft appears to have been purchased new by Rogoff in 2014.

Rogoff is reportedly working with an instructor to regain her seaplane rating after she was involved in an accident in 2016. According to the NTSB's probable cause report from that accident:

"The private pilot was landing an amphibious airplane in the ocean waters of an inland cove. Photographs of the accident sequence showed the water conditions as relatively calm and glassy. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down faster than anticipated and before her intended touchdown point, which subsequently caused the airplane to bounce back into the air. Instead of continuing the landing, she attempted a go-around. As the airplane climbed in a nose-high attitude, she was unable to see over the nose of the airplane and collided with a stand of tall spruce trees. Witnesses stated that after impact, the airplane descended into the water, resulting in substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.

"The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during an attempted go-around."

(Images from NTSB docket from 2016 accident)

FMI: Original Report, NTSB Report