# Accident 20070818021349A: Cessna U206G, King Salmon, AK, August 18, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2007, 08:00 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EQWC
- Location: 59.2050° N, 154.9753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2050&lon=-154.9753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4773U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4773U) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,024 total, 1,549 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070818021349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS TAXIING N4773U DOWNWIND FOR DEPARTURE FROM CROSSWIND LAKE, AK. ACCORDING TO THE PIC'S INSURANCE COMPANY AND NTSB REPORTS, THE WIND WAS FROM THE EAST AT THIRTY (30) KNOTS, STEADILY INCREASING AND GUSTY. THE LAKE HAD TWO (2) FOOT WAVES. HALF WAY DOWN THE LAKE A GUST SPUN THE AIRPLANE AROUND, THE RIGHT FLOAT DUG INTO A WAVE, THE WIND CAUGHT THE LEFT WING AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN CAPSIZING. THE RIGHT WING HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE AND THE AIRPLANE PIVOTED AROUND IT AND UPRIGHTED. THE PIC THEN TAXIED THE AIRPLANE BACK TO SHORE TO AWAIT SALVAGE.

## 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 ANC07CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA089), Aug 18, 2007: Cessna U206G (N4773U), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions, which resulted in the float-equipped airplane's right wing striking the bottom of the shallow lake, while taxiing for takeoff. A factor…

## Other reports on N4773U (1)

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

- [Accident 20080819845399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080819845399A), Aug 19, 2008: Cessna U206G (N4773U), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) A floatplane CE-206 on a 2500 ft lake, with the winds variable to 5 to 10 knots crashed on takeoff. The PIC stated he had a quartering head wind and that…

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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