# Accident 19781208044879A: Cessna TU206A, Sheldon Point, AK, December 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1978
- Place: Sheldon Point, AK
- Airport: Akiachak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Aircraft: N5187U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5187U-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (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: 965 total, 140 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781208044879A

## Narrative

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

SIX INCH SNOW DEPTH ON ICE COVERED LAKE.

## 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 ANC79DA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA024), Dec 8, 1978: Cessna U-206 (N5187U), Sheldons Point, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5187U (1)

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

- [Accident 19780423010969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423010969A), Apr 23, 1978: Cessna TU206A (N5187U), Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. Stubble brush in clearway. On company flt plan. Village dirt strip.

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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