# Accident 19780508014699A: Cessna TU206A, Icy Bay, AK, May 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1978
- Place: Icy Bay, AK
- Airport: Icy Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 59.9690° N, 141.6618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ICY BAY (19AK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9690&lon=-141.6618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72018, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72018-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206D (registry code 2073342, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,166 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780508014699A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 ANC78DAG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG66), May 8, 1978: Cessna 206 (N72018), Icy Bay, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N72018 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770801035229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770801035229A), Aug 1, 1977: Cessna U206D (N72018), Tatitlek, AK, Substantial damage. In his June 7, 1990 letter, pilot states undershot landing was due to total engine failure caused by frozen piston.

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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