# Accident 20060712014059A: Cessna U206F, Minto Lake, AK, July 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2006, 23:01 local time
- Place: Minto Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZM9C
- Location: 64.9167° N, 148.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.9167&lon=-148.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8440Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8440Q-2013-04-24) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060712014059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN STATED THAT THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AND AS HE LIFTED OFF HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT FROM HEADWIND TO TAILWIND AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK INTO THE WATER. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT WATERWAY REMAINING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE SHORE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED

## 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 ANC06CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA088), Jul 12, 2006: Cessna 206F (N8440Q), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, which resulted in the airplane encountering a severe downdraft during takeoff initial climb, and an in-flight collision with terrain. Factors associated…

## Other reports on N8440Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19820719042839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820719042839I), Jul 19, 1982: Cessna U206F (N8440Q), Seward, AK, Minor damage. Landing on an unimproved beach strip the nose landing gear struck soft sand. Propeller struck the ground.

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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