# Accident 19950830027119A: Cessna U206A, Spokane, WA, August 30, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1995, 16:40 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120TH-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206A (registry code 2073318, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA95LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950830027119A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT PLANE TROUBLE LIFTING FROM GLASSY WATER CAUSING LATE LIFTOFF. STALLED AVOIDING POWER LINES. IMPACTED SHORE.

## 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 SEA95LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA197), Aug 30, 1995: Cessna 206 (N120TH), Spokane, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while trying to clear a transmission wire. Factors include a transmission wire near the end of the takeoff area and glassy water.

## Other reports on N120TH (1)

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

- [Incident 19940804031429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940804031429I), Aug 4, 1994: Cessna TU206A (N120TH), Bigfork, MT, Minor damage. Twin floats left retention wire attach bracket failed on takeoff. Float strut collapsed.

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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