# Incident 19890303015439I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Homer, AK, March 3, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1989, 08:15 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6455° N, 151.4766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMER (HOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6455&lon=-151.4766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5110U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5110U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890303015439I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STARTED BY PROPPING. LEFT TIEDOWN ROPE BROKE. AIRCRAFT PIVOTED INTO A DUMPSTER AND A FENCE.

## Other reports on N5110U (1)

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

- [Accident 20090810025339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090810025339A), Aug 10, 2009: Cessna 206 (N5110U), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. According to the pilot, the aircraft caught a down draft during takeoff from mirror lake and crashed.

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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