# Incident 20000821025919I: Cessna TU206D, AK, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 18:00 local time
- Place: AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VYOC
- Aircraft: N72412, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206D (registry code 2073342, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821025919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT #A1012000022 PILOT WAS TRANSPORTING TWO PASSENGERS AND THEIR GEAR INTO A GRAVEL (OFF AIRPORT) BAR, AFTER LANDING, AND WHILE TAXING INTO TURNOFF PARKING HE DIPPED INTO A SOFT SPOT IN THE SAND/GRAVEL PARKING AREA. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. AT THE TIME THE ENGINE WAS IDLE AND HE HAD ALMOST STOPPED. NO INJURIES OR VISIBLE DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N72412 (1)

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

- [Incident 20220610010229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220610010229I), Jun 10, 2022: Cessna TU206D (N72412), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot was performing a taxi of the aircraft in preparation for takeoff. While taxiing the aircraft, the left forward float became submerged and the aircraft…

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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