# Accident 19980517009469A: Cessna U206G, Iliamna, AK, May 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1998, 13:15 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EONA
- Location: 59.8503° N, 154.5607° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8503&lon=-154.5607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756HG-2013-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,527 total, 163 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009469A

## Narrative

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

NOSED OVER IN HIGH SURFACE WIND TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING. WIND GOT UNDER TAIL. (.4)THE SOLO COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS RETURNING TO ILIAMNA, ALASKA, AFTER DROPPING OFF HIS PASSENGERS.  A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 07 AT THE ILIAMNA AIRPORT.  AFTER THE LANDING ROLL OUT, THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY 35 TO TAXI TO THE COMPANY PARKING AREA.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE MADE THE TURN, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO  MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND A QUARTERING TAILWIND C ONDITION.  A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE, AND IT NOSED OVER, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE, DOORS, AND RUDDER ASSEMBLY.  THE PILOT NOTED IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE 080 AT 25 KNOTS, WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.

## 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 ANC98LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA049), May 17, 1998: Cessna U206G (N756HG), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for quartering tailwind conditions. A factor in the accident is the presence of a quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N756HG (1)

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

- [Accident 20000205042079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000205042079A), Feb 5, 2000: Cessna U206G (N756HG), Iliamna, AK, Destroyed, 6 fatal. (-23) February 5, 2000, at 1550, a wheel equipped Cessna 206 airplane, N756HG, was destroyed when the airplane collided with remote, snow covered terrain, 30…

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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