# Incident 20050630017229I: Cessna U206F, Wrangell, AK, June 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2005, 16:05 local time
- Place: Wrangell, AK
- Airport: Wrangell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SVVA
- Location: 56.4708° N, 132.3767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrangell, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4708&lon=-132.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50159, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50159-2018-03-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,300 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050630017229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/01/2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 0130 UTC, DURING A 14 CFR PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, PILOT ATTEMPTED UNINTENTIONAL GEAR DOWN LANDING OF AN AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT EQUIPPED CESSNA 206 IN ANAN BAY (N56.11'LO" AND W130.35'30"). UPON LANDING AND GEAR CONTACT WITH THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND SUNK IN THE OCEANIC WATERS APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE WRANGELL AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND OWNER WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS INVERTED, BUT SUSPENDED BY THE FLOATS AT THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. REPORTED DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE, WATER INDUCED HYDRAULIC PANNING OF THE NOSE COWLING, AND THE FORWARD WINDSCREEN IS DISLODGED FROM ITS FRAMING.

## Other reports on N50159 (1)

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

- [Accident 20160408008169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160408008169A), Apr 8, 2016: Cessna U206F (N50159), Angoon, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. At approximately 1755Z juneau flight service station received a distress call ?pan pan? From N50159, a Cessna 206 at location 57 15.4N / 134 12.9W. USCG…

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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