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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206G · Twin Hills, AK · September 2, 1990

Date
September 2, 1990 · 16:10 local
Place
Twin Hills, AK
Airport
Twin Hills
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9779M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC90LA179
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total600 in this make and model200 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.

Wind gust lifted floatplane on the step into air on takeoff then quit dropping aircraft wing down into water.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUST LIFTED FLOATPLANE ON THE STEP INTO AIR ON TAKEOFF THEN QUIT DROPPING AIRCRAFT WING DOWN INTO WATER.

NTSB investigation

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