# Incident 19790821033149I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Kenai, AK, August 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5178U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5178U-1982-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,485 total, 300 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/19790821033149I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLLOUT, WING DROPPED DOWN. MAIN GEAR RETAINING BOLT, NR146 41 SHEARED AND GEAR LEG PIVOTED.

## Other reports on N5178U (2)

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

- [Accident 19810928063859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810928063859A), Sep 28, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5178U), Cordova, AK, Destroyed. Pilot attempting takeoff from beach. Lost directonal control and flipped inverted.
- [Incident 19790826032869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826032869I), Aug 26, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5178U), Kenai, AK, Minor damage. Right gear leg slipped causing aircraft to lean, found sheared bolt.

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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