# Accident 19930228004139A: Cessna U206A, Willow, AK, February 28, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1993, 18:00 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.8896° N, 149.7309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8896&lon=-149.7309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8076Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8076Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206A (registry code 2073316, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,741 total, 721 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930228004139A

## Narrative

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

TAXIING SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT ON FROZEN SNOW COVERED LAKE.CROSSED SNOWMOBILE TRACKS.NOSE SKI DUG IN. COLLAPSED GEAR

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC93LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA038), Feb 28, 1993: Cessna U206A (N8076Z), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE ABRUPT AIRCRAFT HANDLING BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. FACTORS WERE THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND THE SOFT, SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N8076Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20160817014529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160817014529A), Aug 17, 2016: Cessna U206A (N8076Z), Sleetmute, AK, Substantial damage. While performing a landing at a remote grass airstrip, the aircraft experienced a hard landing that ripped the external belly fuel tank from aircraft and…

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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