# Accident 19960903025889A: Cessna U206F, Port Alsworth, AK, September 3, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1996, 15:15 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EMHA
- Location: 60.2005° N, 154.2806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2005&lon=-154.2806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1801Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1801Q-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,265 total, 65 in this make and model, 348 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960903025889A

## Narrative

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

LIFTED OFF LAKE THEN SETTLED DUE WINDSHIFT INTO ROCKY AREA. BOUNCED INTO AIR BUT CRASHED ON SHORELINE.

## 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 ANC96LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA142), Sep 3, 1996: Cessna 206 (N1801Q), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was the unfavorable wind.

## Other reports on N1801Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19930702022039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930702022039A), Jul 2, 1993: Cessna U206F (N1801Q), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Struck a hidden submerged log coming off step taxi. Seaplane nosed over in river.

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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