# Accident 20090810025339A: Cessna 206, Homer, AK, August 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2009, 17:00 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HOSJ
- Location: 58.4167° N, 154.7833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4167&lon=-154.7833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5110U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5110U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,001 total, 230 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090810025339A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT,  THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT A DOWN DRAFT DURING TAKEOFF FROM MIRROR LAKE AND CRASHED.

## 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 ANC09CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA080), Aug 11, 2009: Cessna 206 (N5110U), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff towards an area of rising terrain and potential downdrafts with a fully loaded airplane, which resulted in an encounter with a downdraft that exceeded the airplane's…

## Other reports on N5110U (1)

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

- [Incident 19890303015439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890303015439I), Mar 3, 1989: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5110U), Homer, AK, Minor damage. Engine started by propping. Left tiedown rope broke. Aircraft pivoted into a dumpster and a fence.

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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