# Accident 19971009043509A: Cessna U206E, Friday Harbor, WA, October 9, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 9, 1997, 15:50 local time - Place: Friday Harbor, WA - Airport: Friday Harbor - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Idling Rotors - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: HUKA - Location: 48.5293° N, 123.0604° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5293&lon=-123.0604&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9428G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9428G) (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 IO520L - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 150 in this make and model, 262 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA034) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971009043509A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HAD JUST PARKED AND PULLED MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF THEN WIND GUST PICKED UP A WING. DAMAGED OTHER WING AND PROP. (.4) ON OCTOBER 9, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1550 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, N9428G, A CESSNA U-206E, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE PRIOR TO SHUTDOWN AT FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON, WHEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE TAIL AND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE PAVEMENT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED VICTORIA, BC, CANADA, WHERE THE PILOT HAD DROPPED OFF PASSENGERS ON A 14 CFR 135 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE, WITH WINDS REPORTED TO BE 22 KNOTS, GUSTING TO GREATER THAN 30 KNOTS. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF THE ELT ACTUATING. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAXIING IN TO PARK AT THE US CUSTOMS OFFICE, A GUST FROM THE 7 TO 8 O'CLOCK POSITION BROUGHT THE LEFT WING UP, FOLLOWED BY THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT, FOLLOWED BY A PROPELLER STRIKE. (-23) AFTER LANDING AT FRIDAY HUBOP THE A/C TAXIED TO THE CUSTOMS AREA WITH WIND REPORTED BY DISPATCH TO BE 22 KTS GUSTING TO 20 KTS+. THE PILOT HAD J UST PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPOT AND HAD PULLED THE MIXTURE TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE WHEN A GUST BROUGHT THE TAIL AND THE LEFT WING UP CAUSING THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE ELEVATOR WAS FULL FORWARD WITH RIGHT AILERON. ## 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 SEA98LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA034), Oct 9, 1997: Cessna U-206E (N9428G), Friday Harbor, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to park with the aircraft headed into the wind in high wind conditions. A factor include the high wind condition. ## Other reports on N9428G (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20090114000349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090114000349A), Jan 14, 2009: Cessna U206E (N9428G), Crane Island, WA, Substantial damage. Crane Island airport is a Private runway, 1270’, with wet grass at the time of the accident. Airman landed the aircraft with insufficient runway remaining to… - [Accident 20050708015319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050708015319A), Jul 8, 2005: Cessna U206E (N9428G), Stuart Island, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC made a radio call inbound to 7WA5 (Stuart Island airpark - east). He heard no other calls for the airport. Upon reaching 7WA5 he noticed a plane on… - [Incident 20000611034219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611034219I), Jun 11, 2000: Cessna U206E (N9428G), Center Island, UT, Minor damage. (-23)The Center Island Airport is a short, (1600 feet) unimproved airport. Pilot landed with gusty crosswinds conditions, and made a hard landing followed by a… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.