# Incident 20090708047549I: Cessna U206G, Galena, AK, July 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2009, 12:59 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Airport: Edward G Pitka Sr.
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7362° N, 156.9346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARD G PITKA SR (GAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7362&lon=-156.9346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234JB-2022-08-09) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090708047549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AND NOTICED OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON AN AVAILABLE LAKE AS AIRCRAFT IS FLOAT EQUIPPED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT DISCOVERED OIL FILLER CAP HAD NOT BEEN SECURED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO ACCESSORY SECTION. THE ALTERNATOR DRIVE BELT HAD BEEN DISLODGED AND RENDERED UNSERVICABLE.

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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