# Accident 20030711037239A: Cessna U206C, English Bay, AK, July 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2003, 11:05 local time
- Place: English Bay, AK
- Airport: English Bay Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: X53A
- Location: 59.3536° N, 151.9308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3536&lon=-151.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505SD-2006-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 1,188 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030711037239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN LANDING AT ENGLISH BAY AIRPORT (KEB), NANWALEK, AK. THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY LANDED TOO FAST, TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT MIDWAY POINT OF THE RUNWAY, BOUNCING TWICE INTO THE AIR, AS DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES ON SCENE. AT ONE END OF THE AIRPORT, TERRAIN ELEVATION BECOMES CRITICAL, RISING RAPIDLY. THE PILOT APPARENTLY APPLIED FULL POWER AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE, AGAIN AS DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES, AND HAD TO INITIATE A SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT OVER WATER, IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE RISING TERRAIN. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY EXPERIENCED A STRONG TAIL WIND AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS OFF SHORE AND SANK IN ABOUT 30 FEET OF WATER. WITNESSES SAID THE WIND WAS BLOWING ACROSS THE RUNWAY LEFT TO RIGHT AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND GUSTING HIGHER.

## 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 ANC03FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03FA075), Jul 11, 2003: Cessna 206 (N505SD), English Bay, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, resulting in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with water. Factors were the high velocity crosswind…

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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