# Incident 20050710015239I: Cessna U206F, Kotzebue, AK, July 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2005, 13:28 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9575G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9575G) (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: 11,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050710015239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE BACK-TAXIING ON A GRAVEL BAR ON THE NIMIUKTUK RIVER LOCATED 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOTZEBUE, ALASKA THE CE-206'S NOSE WHEEL FELL INTO A SINK HOLE AND THE PROPELLER BLADE STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER; THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N9575G (4)

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

- [Accident 20170522011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522011009A), May 22, 2017: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Destroyed. On may 22 2017 at 17:57 local time PIC took off from Kotzebue airport (paot) on a routine flight with one passenger, who PIC has flown to the same location for…
- [Accident 20121009024559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121009024559A), Oct 9, 2012: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. While landing on a gravelbar airstrip that was approximately 900' long, the aircraft's right wheel came in contact with the water at the edge of the gravelbar…
- [Accident 19971217039239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971217039239A), Dec 17, 1997: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Mountain Villag, AK, Substantial damage. Narrative: on December 16, 1997, about 1930 Alaska standard time, a Cessna 206 airplane, N9575G, sustained substantial damage during landing at Mountain…
- [Accident 19791204037639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791204037639A), Dec 4, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA (N9575G), Marshall, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on runway with packed and loose snow. Veered off side of runway into snow berm.

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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