# Accident 20041216034149A: Cessna U206G, Nunapitchuk, AK, December 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2004, 11:35 local time
- Place: Nunapitchuk, AK
- Airport: Nunapitchuk Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ENFA
- Location: 60.9058° N, 162.4392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9058&lon=-162.4392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N496K-2022-07-30) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041216034149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 16, 2004, ABOUT 1115 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL-EQUIPPED CESSNA U206G AIRPLANE, N496K, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, ENCOUNTERED DEEP SNOW, AND NOSED OVER AT THE NUNAPITCHUK AIRPORT, NUNAPITCHUK, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY KATMAI AIR LEASING LLC, OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) POSITIONING FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND COMPANY VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT.

## 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 ANC05CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA017), Dec 16, 2004: Cessna U206G (N496K), Nunapitchuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control, and collision with a ditch. Factors contributing to the accident were an icy taxiway…

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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