# Incident 19970816028529I: Cessna U206E, Pontilla Lake, AK, August 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pontilla Lake, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JKGC
- Aircraft: N9129M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9129M-2013-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970816028529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE FAA BY AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE. THE OPERATOR DID NOT KNOW THAT DUE TO THE MINOR DAMAGE RECEIVED ON THE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY WERE TO REPORT THIS TO THE FAA AS AN INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS LANDING THE A/C, HE HAD PULLED THE YOKE BACK TOO FAR AND THE TAIL CONE CONTACTED THE ROCKY SURFACE, AT THIS TIME THE NOSE WHEEL CAME DOWN HARD. THE PILOT HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PASSENGERS WERE UNLOADED AND PROCEEDED ON THEIR MISSION. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE A/C FOR DAMAGE AND NOTICED THE TAIL CONE HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE UPPER SCISSORS LINK ATTACH BOLT HAD SHEARED OFF. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE DOM AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE DOM THEN FLEW OUT TO THE SIGHT AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY THE DOM AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN BACK TO ANC AND THE TAIL CONE WAS REPLACED. ON THE 25TH OF AUGUST. I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND INTERVIEWED THE OWNER JACK BARBER. ON THE 27TH. I INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS. ALL APPROPRIATE LOG BOOK ENTRIES HAD BEEN MADE FOR TH E REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT. I DO NOT SEE ANY FURTHER ACTION TO BE NECESSARY. I HAVE COUNSELED THE OPERATOR AND PILOT ON THE NEED FOR QUICKER COMMUNICATION TO THE FAA OF THESE TYPES OF OCCURENCES. ALTHOUGH NOT REGULATORY I HAVE ASKED THE OPERATOR TO DEVELOPE A PLAN TO BE PLACED IN THEIR OPS MANUAL FOR FUTURE NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES BY ALASKA AIR TAXI EMPLOYEES.

## Other reports on N9129M (4)

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

- [Accident 20110709017979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110709017979A), Jul 9, 2011: Cessna U206E (N9129M), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that two minuites after crossing power line "engine stopped producing power sufficient to maintain my present altitude of 1,200 feet". Pilot…
- [Incident 20060718018299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060718018299I), Jul 18, 2006: Cessna U206E (N9129M), Anchorage, AK. (-23) The pilot in command (PIC) failed to ensure all fuel tank caps were securely fastened prior to departure. Subsequently a significant quantity of fuel was…
- [Accident 19970901025879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970901025879A), Sep 1, 1997: Cessna U206E (N9129M), Tatitna, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 1, 1997, about 1630 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 206 airplane, N9129M, was destroyed when it nosed over during landing at the Tatitna…
- [Accident 19790626012749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790626012749A), Jun 26, 1979: Cessna 207 (N9129M), Emmonak, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot overshot runway when landing on short,wet strip. Claims brakes failed, but no evidence to substantiate.

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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