# Incident 20020116000889I: Cessna U206G, Cold Bay, AK, January 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2002, 13:15 local time
- Place: Cold Bay, AK
- Airport: Cold Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EMQC
- Location: 55.2059° N, 162.7262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLD BAY (CDB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.2059&lon=-162.7262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9992Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9992Z) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020116000889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THEO CHESLEY WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N9992Z, A CESSNA 206, THAT DEPARTED NELSON LAGOON (Z73) ON 01/16/2002 FOR A REPOSITION FLIGHT TO COLD BAY (CDB). UPON ARRIVAL WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 140 DEGREES AT 20 GUSTING TO 28. PILOT IN COMMAND LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TRIED TO TURN OFF RUNWAY 14 BUT AS THE WIND WAS INCREASING RATHER RAPIDLY, PILOT IN COMMAND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE WIND CONTINUED TO INCREASE AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE WIND. A STRONG GUST TURNED THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES FROM THE STOPPED POSITION AND THEN TURNED IT BACK AGAIN ANOTHER 180 DEGREES. DURING THE TURNS THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO A WING TIP AND PROP.

## Other reports on N9992Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19890303004719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890303004719A), Mar 3, 1989: Cessna U206G (N9992Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Blown up on a wing and nose while taxiing to ramp in a severe gusty surface wind.
- [Incident 19851204064809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851204064809I), Dec 4, 1985: Cessna U206G (N9992Z), Anchorage, AK. Left main landing gear tire went flat during rollout. Found small pin hole in tire.

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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