# Accident 20030918025539A: Cessna U206G, Fairbanks, AK, September 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: A2KA
- Location: 64.0772° N, 147.8214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0772&lon=-147.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275F) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030918025539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N275F A CESSNA 206 HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE MAKING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A RIDGE TOP SSE OF FAI. PILOT STATED THAT DURING A NORMAL LANDING ON A 2000 FOOT LANDING AREA TOUCH DOWN AND DECELLERATION WERE NORMAL WITH NO BREAKING. AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 15-10 MPH THE PILOT FELT A BUMP WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHING DOWN. WEATHER WAS SUNNY, ZERO DEGREES. UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY AND NO WIND. RUNWAY IS A RIDGE TOP, OFF AIRPORT, GPS ELEVATION INDICATED 3973 FEET. THERE WAS 4-5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. LOCAL TIME WAS 09:30.

## 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 ANC03LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA128), Sep 18, 2003: Cessna 206 (N275F), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of an attaching bolt that allowed the nose wheel fork to separate from the nose gear strut, which resulted in the collapse of the nose gear during the landing roll. A factor contributing to…

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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