# Accident 19810802088459A: Cessna U206A, Dry Bay, AK, August 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1981, 16:10 local time
- Place: Dry Bay, AK
- Airport: Yakutat
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8063Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,446 total, 245 in this make and model, 223 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810802088459A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC81DA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA090), Aug 2, 1981: Cessna 206 (N8063Z), Yakutat, AK, substantial damage

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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