# Incident 20010905027419I: Cessna U206G, AK, September 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2001, 20:30 local time
- Place: AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N206AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010905027419I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20050209002609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050209002609A), Feb 9, 2005: Cessna U206G (N206AR), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage, 3 fatal. (-23) The pilot in command failed to maintain visual flight references with the surrounding terrain and failed to maintain a safe altitude while operating…

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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