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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206G · Kustatan River, AK · July 27, 1985

Date
July 27, 1985 · 13:50 local
Place
Kustatan River, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4649U
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85LA134
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total0 in this make and model35 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.

Aircraft would not climb after liftoff from small lake with glassy water. Flipped over after settling in a swamp.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB AFTER LIFTOFF FROM SMALL LAKE WITH GLASSY WATER. FLIPPED OVER AFTER SETTLING IN A SWAMP.

NTSB investigation

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