# Incident 19780502031619I: Cessna 206CESSNA, St Paul, MN, May 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1978, 13:00 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Downtown
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9444° N, 93.0933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9444&lon=-93.0933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9446G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9446G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 7 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/19780502031619I

## Narrative

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

LEAKING FLOAT CAUSED WING TO SINK TO BOTTOM OF RIVER.

## Other reports on N9446G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19920521048309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920521048309A), May 21, 1992: Cessna U206E (N9446G), Turner, ME, Substantial damage. Landed short minus flare. Folded nose gear and flipped over. Ground soft at impact area.
- [Incident 19890615066759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890615066759I), Jun 15, 1989: Cessna U206E (N9446G), Little Wabash, CN. Pilot departed lake and did not make a mandatory call as required by canadas air navigation order.

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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