# Incident 20020610013849I: Cessna U206, Tustamena Lake, AK, June 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Tustamena Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LVKA
- Aircraft: N8030Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8030Z-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020610013849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLOAT EQUIPPED CESSNA 206 AIRPLANE, PILOTED BY MR. DUANE HALLMAN SUSTAINED DAMAGE AFTER LANDING ON TUSTAMENA LAKE. PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE. NO INJURIES. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD LANDED ON TUSTUMENA LAKE ABOUT 500 YARDS FROM A BEACH, AT THE TIME OF LANDING THE PILOT SAID THE LAKE SURFACE WAS CALM WITH 6 INCH TO 8 INCH WAVES. PILOT WAS STEP TAXIING TO THE BEACH WHEN THE AIRPLANE HIT A LARGE WAVE. AS THE PILOT CONTINUED TO TAXI HE NOTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS ACTING AS IF IT WERE SINKING. PILOT APPLIED MORE POWER, AIRPLANE RESPONDED BY SINKING EVEN MORE. PILOT STOPPED THE ENGINE AND EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE. ONCE OUT OF THE AIRPLANE, THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT SINKING, BUT RATHER TIPPING OVER. THE IMPACT FROM HITTING THE LARGE WAVE HAD CAUSED SEVERAL FLYING WIRES AND THREE OF THE FLOAT STRUTS TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRPLANE. A BOAT CAME TO HELP THE PILOT. AIRPLANE WAS TOWED TO THE BEACH.

## Other reports on N8030Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20070921023379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070921023379A), Sep 21, 2007: Cessna U206 (N8030Z), Galena, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 21, 2007 a float equipped Cessna U206 registered to scenic mountain air and piloted by [privacy data omitted] was involved in an 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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