# Accident 20060828020259A: Cessna U206G, Kodiak, AK, August 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2006, 16:40 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800NL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N800NL) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,750 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/20060828020259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON A REMOTE ALASKAN PENINSULA BEACH WEST OF KODIAK, ALASKA, N800NL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. N800NL WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER FAR 91, TRANSPORTING FISHERMEN FROM A FISHING LODGE BASED IN ILIAMNA, ALASKA. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT STATED PRIOR TO LANDING HE NOTED THE TIDE WAS PARTIALLY IN REQUIRING A LANDING ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BEACH. THE PILOT STATED THE UPPER BEACH AREA IS SOMEWHAT SOFTER THAN THE PACKED LOWER PORTION BUT DID NOT CLASSIFY THE BEACH AS SOFT. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A PRE-LANDING FLYOVER INSPECTION AND NOTED NO DEBRIS OR OBSTACLES. THE PILOT STATED DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT HE HEARD A LARGE THUMP WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING IN THE LANDING ROLL. A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A LARGE DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO FIND OR IDENTIFY THE OBJECT THAT HAD CAUSED THE DAMAGE AND FELT IT HAD BEEN HIDDEN UNDER THE SAND. THE PILOT FELT THE DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO RENDER THE AIRCRAFT UN-AIRWORTHY. THE PILOT STATED STABILIZER RIBS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED ON LOCATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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