# Accident 19760924030619A: Cessna U206, Bethel, AK, September 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1976
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: River Site
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5279U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5279U-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,060 total, 250 in this make and model, 340 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH85-201344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760924030619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLOAT EQPD.FLOAT DUG IN WHILE AVOIDING BOAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC76DAH85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH85-201344), Sep 24, 1976: Cessna 206 (N5279U), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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