# Accident 19980723016989A: Cessna U206F, Anchorake, AK, July 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1998, 14:32 local time
- Place: Anchorake, AK
- Airport: Campbell Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1106° N, 149.8996° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1106&lon=-149.8996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206F) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980723016989A

## Narrative

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

WIND SHIFT AFTER WATER TAKEOFF. SETTLED INTO SUBDIVISION. HIT TREE, PICKUP AND LIGHTPOLE. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS DEPARTING FROM A LAKE IN A FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRPLANE.  HE STATED THAT ONCE AIRBORNE, THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB.  AS THE AIRPLANE NEARED THE END OF THE LAKE, THE PILOT SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, FORCING HIS TO LAND ON A ROAD IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THE DEPARTURE END OF THE LAKE.  THE PILOT SAID:  'I JUST HIT A DOWNDRAFT AT THE END OF THE LAKE.  I JUST COULDN'T CLIMB OUT.'  THE PILOT NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE, AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING SUFFICIENT POWER.  DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A TREE AND A PICKUP TRUCK WITH TWO OCCUPANTS INSIDE.  THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE PICKUP TRUCK WERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT SAID THE WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS, WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 15 KNOTS.                   (-23) ON JULY 23, 1998, ABOUT 1432 ADT, N206F, A FLOAT EQUIPPED CESSNA 206 AIRPLANE, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER TAKEOFF FROM CAMPBELL LAKE, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. VFR PART 91 FLIGHT WITH TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, BUT THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. IT APPEARS THAT WIND AND TURBULENCE WAS A FACTOR. THE AIRPLANE HAD AN UNSCHEDULED STOP IN A SUBDIVISION, STRIKING A TREE, A PICKUP AND A LIGHTPOLE COMING TO REST POINTING THE SAME DIRECTION AS FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND INJURED. THIS IS PRELIMINARY AND WILL BE AMENDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 08/05/98 JPL

## 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 ANC98LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA108), Jul 23, 1998: Cessna 206 (N206F), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff prior to reaching the end of the lake. A factor associated with the accident was a downdraft.

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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