# Incident 19990901025509I: Cessna U206A, Taylor Mountain, AK, September 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1999, 17:11 local time
- Place: Taylor Mountain, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4571K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4571K-2014-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206A (registry code 2073316, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,880 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901025509I

## Narrative

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

MR. KING WAS HUNTING IN THE TAYLOR MOUNTAIN AREA, AND WAS WANTING TO RETURN TO PALMER. CALLED AND RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM THE ENA AUTOMATED FSS THRU THE SPAREVOHN REMOTE. MERRILL PASS WAS REPORTED CLOSED AND THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AT ILLIAMNA AND DECIDED TO HEAD THAT DIRECTION. WHILE ENROUTE THE WEATHER WAS DEGRADING AND HAD TO LAND ON A CUB STRIP 20 MILES OUT FROM ILLIAMNA TO WAIT FOR THE WEATHER TO IMPROVE. ON LANDING THE STRIP WAS ROUGH AND THE FOUR BOLTS OF THE NOSE FORK FAILED AND THE PROP WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED OUT THE NEXT DAY ON A FERRY FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4571K (2)

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

- [Accident 20130530009539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130530009539A), May 30, 2013: Cessna U206A (N4571K), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. The airman was practicing float operations in a straight float equipped CE206 in a no wind, VMC condition. The flight was conducted under personal part 91, in…
- [Accident 19880601017599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601017599A), Jun 1, 1988: Cessna 206CESSNA (N4571K), Chugiak, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Ran off the runway into a dirt bank.

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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