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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna U206G · Tenakee, AK · June 26, 1997

Date
June 26, 1997 · 16:15 local
Place
Tenakee, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AJAA
Aircraft
N43AK
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
41,800 total58 in this make and model123 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.

Taxiied to water takeoff area. Water too rough taxiied back. Waves opened float ports. Flooded floats. Sank.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIIED TO WATER TAKEOFF AREA. WATER TOO ROUGH TAXIIED BACK. WAVES OPENED FLOAT PORTS. FLOODED FLOATS. SANK.