# Accident 20090828017789A: Cessna TU206G, Ballard, WA, August 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2009, 06:48 local time
- Place: Ballard, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6667° N, 122.0333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6667&lon=-122.0333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N682RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N682RC-2009-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,216 total, 251 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA423](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA423) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090828017789A

## Narrative

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

ON 08-28-09, N682RC LEFT BREMERTON, WA, ABOUT 0630.  AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH HIS AIRPLANE, AND ALL CURRENT WAS LOST.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ELECTRICAL CURRENT WAS REGAINED, BUT IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOST.  RATHER THAN CONTINUING HIS INTENDED FLIGHT TO PAINE FIELD, THE PILOT OPTED TO LAND IN THE SHILSHOLE BAY.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY BY PUMPING IT UP.  THIS ACTION WAS REQUIRED TO PERFORM A WATER LANDING.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACTED WHEN HE LANDED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED.

## 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 WPR09LA423](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA423), Aug 28, 2009: Cessna TU206G (N682RC), Ballard, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's precautionary water landing with partially extended landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the unidentified anomaly with the airplane's electrical system, which rendered the gear…

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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