# Incident 20000611034219I: Cessna U206E, Center Island, UT, June 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2000, 18:15 local time
- Place: Center Island, UT
- Airport: Center Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HUFA
- 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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611034219I

## Narrative

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

(-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 SERIES OF PILOT INDUCED BOUNCES. THE TAIL STRUCK THE GROUND DURING LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.  ALSO, THE NOSE WHEEL RIM WAS BENT AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING.

## 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…
- [Accident 19971009043509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971009043509A), Oct 9, 1997: Cessna U206E (N9428G), Friday Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. 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…

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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