# Incident 20040916026679I: Cessna U206E, Yakutat, AK, September 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2004, 13:54 local time
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Airport: Yakutat
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L74C
- Location: 59.5469° N, 139.7272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakutat, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.5469&lon=-139.7272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9417G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9417G-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040916026679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ROC REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD ROUGH ENGINE AND LANDED YAK WITHOUT INCIDENT. INTERVIEW WITH PILOT; HIS STATEMENT WAS THAT ENGINE BLEW HEAD OFF CYLINDER NUMBER 3. PILOT LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND IN THE EVENT OF TOTAL ENGINE LOSS. ENGINE CLEARED ENOUGH FOR HIS DECISION TO MAKE IT BACK TO YAK. ARRANGED FOR LOCAL A&P IA MECHANIC TO VIEW ENGINE AND REPORT TO FSDO OF CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N9417G (1)

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

- [Accident 20050415007709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050415007709A), Apr 15, 2005: Cessna U206E (N9417G), Icy Bay, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft, N9417G, received substantial damage during a landing roll-out at Icy Bay, Alaska when it hit a soft spot in the sand and nosed over. The…

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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