# Incident 19780417010899I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Ninilchik, AK, April 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0514° N, 151.6689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ninilchik, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0514&lon=-151.6689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8378Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8378Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,201 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780417010899I

## Narrative

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

LANDING MADE DUE TO ILL PASSENGERS. AIRPORT WAS CLOSED DUE TO MUD. NOSEWHEEL SANK AT END OF LANDING ROLL.

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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