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FAA incident report · Cessna U206G · AK · September 5, 2001

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Date
September 5, 2001 · 20:30 local
Place
AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N206AR
Reported as
Cessna U206G
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total1,900 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days
N206ARRegistered now · Cessna U206GS/N U20604766 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna U206GEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On September 5, 2001, at 2030 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 206 float equipped airplane, N206AR, sustained substantial damage after striking a moored boat while taxiing on the kvichak river after a landing. The commercial pilot and three (3) passengers received no injuries. The lodge/guide flight was conducted under 14 CFR part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident, and a company flight plan was filed. Damage to the aircraft was contained to the floats, and the engine. The pilot in a statement reported that the wind conditions were gusty from 220 degrees at 25 knots with higher gusts, water conditions two-foot chop from wind against current. The setting sun conditions did cause restrictive visibility during landing and step taxi. After the aircraft struck the boat the aircraft overturned and sunk. On exiting the airplane, the pilot instructed two of the passengers who were on the surface to inflate their life vests. The pilot returned to the submerged plane and removed the last passenger.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2001, AT 2030 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 206 FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRPLANE, N206AR, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING A MOORED BOAT WHILE TAXIING ON THE KVICHAK RIVER AFTER A LANDING. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THREE (3) PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE LODGE/GUIDE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTAINED TO THE FLOATS, AND THE ENGINE. THE PILOT IN A STATEMENT REPORTED THAT THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE GUSTY FROM 220 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS, WATER CONDITIONS TWO-FOOT CHOP FROM WIND AGAINST CURRENT. THE SETTING SUN CONDITIONS DID CAUSE RESTRICTIVE VISIBILITY DURING LANDING AND STEP TAXI. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE BOAT THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED AND SUNK. ON EXITING THE AIRPLANE, THE PILOT INSTRUCTED TWO OF THE PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON THE SURFACE TO INFLATE THEIR LIFE VESTS. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE SUBMERGED PLANE AND REMOVED THE LAST PASSENGER.

Other reports on N206AR · 1

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

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