# Incident 19860909055929I: Cessna U206, Bethel, AK, September 9, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1986, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Hangar Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8045° N, 161.7207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANGAR LAKE (Z58), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8045&lon=-161.7207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5379X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5379X-2020-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860909055929I

## Narrative

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

FLOAT PLANE ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO IMPROPER FLAP SETTING. INSUFFICIENT WATER REMAINED, RAN ONTO SHORELINE.

## Other reports on N5379X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810404025389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810404025389I), Apr 4, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5379X), Tamiami, FL, Minor damage. Engine quit on final approach. Plane landed 100 feet short of runway. Fuel selector on left,tank empty. Right full.

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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