# Accident 20051009025779A: Cessna U206E, Latouch Island, AK, October 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Latouch Island, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Q9LC
- Location: 60.0503° N, 147.8247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0503&lon=-147.8247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4447Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051009025779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY X-WINDS WHICH EXCEEDED THE X-WIND COMPONENT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE, AND WING DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC06CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA004), Oct 9, 2005: Cessna 206 (N4447Z), Seward, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in an on ground encounter with terrain, and subsequent loss of control while landing. A factor associated with the accident was…

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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