# Accident 19971217039239A: Cessna U206F, Mountain Villag, AK, December 17, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 17, 1997, 19:30 local time - Place: Mountain Villag, AK - Airport: Mountain Village Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: EPUA - Location: 62.0948° N, 163.6829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN VILLAGE (MOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0948&lon=-163.6829&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9575G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9575G) (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 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971217039239A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 16, 1997, ABOUT 1930 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 206 AIRPLANE, N9575G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE IS OPERATED BY HAGELAND AVIATION SERVICES INC., ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, THE SOLE PASSENGER, WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. VFR COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ST. MARY'S AIRPORT, ST. MARY'S, ALASKA AT 1925. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB) INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC), ON DECEMBER 17, 1997, THE PILOT, WHO IS THE CHIEF PILOT FOR THE OPERATOR, REPORTED HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 02 AT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE TO DROP THE PASSENGER OFF. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. WHEN THE AIRPLANE AGAIN TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT, PROPELLER, AND A RIGHT WING RIB. (-23) ON DECEMBER 16, 1997, AT ABOUT 17:30 LOCAL TIME, HAGELAND AVIATION AIRCRAFT N9575G, PILOTED BY MATTHEW A. TOMTER, CERTIFICATE NO. 543904376, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, ALASKA. RUNWAY HAS UP HILL GRADE AND WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UP ON INITIAL LANDING SETTLED BACK ON RUNWAY COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR AND SKIDDED TO A STOP MID FIELD CENTER OF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND RIGHT WING TIP WERE DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N9575G (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20170522011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522011009A), May 22, 2017: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Destroyed. On may 22 2017 at 17:57 local time PIC took off from Kotzebue airport (paot) on a routine flight with one passenger, who PIC has flown to the same location for… - [Accident 20121009024559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121009024559A), Oct 9, 2012: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. While landing on a gravelbar airstrip that was approximately 900' long, the aircraft's right wheel came in contact with the water at the edge of the gravelbar… - [Incident 20050710015239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050710015239I), Jul 10, 2005: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] while back-taxiing on a gravel bar on the nimiuktuk river located 95 miles northeast of Kotzebue, Alaska the CE-206'S nose wheel… - [Accident 19791204037639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791204037639A), Dec 4, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA (N9575G), Marshall, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on runway with packed and loose snow. Veered off side of runway into snow berm. 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.