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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206A · Dry Bay, AK · August 2, 1981

Date
August 2, 1981 · 16:10 local
Place
Dry Bay, AK
Airport
Yakutat
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8063Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DA090
Reported as
Cessna U206A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,446 total245 in this make and model223 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.

Severe surface wind gust struck and overturned airplane as it was turning for a beach takeoff. Frontal passage.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE SURFACE WIND GUST STRUCK AND OVERTURNED AIRPLANE AS IT WAS TURNING FOR A BEACH TAKEOFF. FRONTAL PASSAGE.

NTSB investigation

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