# Accident 20020917024599A: Cessna U206F, Circle, AK, September 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2002, 08:40 local time
- Place: Circle, AK
- Airport: Circle City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FMAA
- Location: 65.8306° N, 144.0758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.8306&lon=-144.0758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8515Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8515Q-2003-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020917024599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A GRAVEL RUNWAY AT CIRCLE CITY, ALASKA. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE NOSE WHEEL, LEFT WHEEL HALF, SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, THEN THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE GRAVEL AND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED APPROXIMATELY FORTY FIVE DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. TWO OF THE NOSE WHEEL BOLTS, P/N A1635-73 WERE LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT APRON AT TOK, ALASKA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FROM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC02LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA122), Sep 17, 2002: Cessna 206 (N8515Q), Circle, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial separation of the nose wheel flange from the hub that resulted in a nose over during the landing roll.

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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