# Incident 19970805029809I: Cessna U206, Kotzebue, AK, August 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALAC
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8013Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8013Z-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,303 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970805029809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUG 05, 97 A CESSNA 206, N8013Z, LANDED ON RUNWAY 08 AT KOTZEBUE, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM NOUTAK AFTER COMPLETING AN AIR TAXI CHARTER FLIGHT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA DOT AT KOTZEBUE. UPON LANDING AT 11:30 AM THE NOSEGEAR ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE NOSE GEAR PISTON AND GEAR FORK WERE OUT OF AND OFF CYLINDER, THE FORK WAS OFF THE PISTON, THE FORKBOLTS HAD FAILED. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES HAD HIT THE GROUND THREE TIMES, BENDING THE BLADES AFT ABOUT 9". THE TOUCHDOWN SCRAPE MARKS WERE LOCATED 42' BEYOND THE ILS TOUCHDOWN ZONE 5' LEFT OF CENTER, AND WERE 10' LONG. THE PILOT AND AIRPORT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL CONTACTED OTZ FSS AND CLOSED THE RUNWAY FOR AIRCRAFT RECOVERY.

## Other reports on N8013Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19760514012729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760514012729A), May 14, 1976: Cessna U206 (N8013Z), Spangle, WA, Substantial damage. Mistook unmarked seeded area beside rwy for rwy.

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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