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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206G · Cordova, AK · August 17, 1983

Date
August 17, 1983 · 16:00 local
Place
Cordova, AK
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5440U
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,600 total200 in this make and model30 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.

On a beach takeoff the nose wheel and prop were damaged when the nose wheel hit a soft spot in the sand.

As the FAA filed it

ON A BEACH TAKEOFF THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROP WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE SAND.