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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206D · Kenai, AK · July 28, 1980

Date
July 28, 1980 · 22:29 local
Place
Kenai, AK
Airport
Windward Passage
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SOCA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71961
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80FA075
Reported as
Cessna U206D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,892 total153 in this make and model303 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed nose wheel first. Bounced, lost nose wheel assembly, nosed over. Failure due to fatigue crack and overload.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST. BOUNCED, LOST NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, NOSED OVER. FAILURE DUE TO FATIGUE CRACK AND OVERLOAD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.