# Accident 20070921023379A: Cessna U206, Galena, AK, September 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2007, 15:10 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LVKA
- Location: 64.2050° N, 156.2572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.2050&lon=-156.2572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8030Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8030Z-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070921023379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 A FLOAT EQUIPPED CESSNA U206 REGISTERED TO SCENIC MOUNTAIN AIR AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT 36 MILES SOUTH EAST OF GALENA ALASKA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHILE IN CRUISE HE HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY SHARDS OF METAL COMING THROUGH THE ENGINE COWLING AND THE PROP WENT TO FEATHER. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A LIGHTLY WOODED AREA. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT HIT A STUMP AND TURNED UPSIDE DOWN INCURRING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT CHECKED THE PROPELLER AND NOTED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO ROTATE THE PROP FREELY AND GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PART 91. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

## 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 ANC07LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA104), Sep 21, 2007: Cessna U206 (N8030Z), McGrath, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A separation of the engine connecting rod and engine cylinder due to the loss of a connecting rod nut that was stripped from the rod bolt.

## Other reports on N8030Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20020610013849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020610013849I), Jun 10, 2002: Cessna U206 (N8030Z), Tustamena Lake, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Float equipped Cessna 206 airplane, piloted by Mr. Duane hallman sustained damage after landing on Tustamena Lake. Pilot was the only occupant of the…

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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