# Incident 20100531036189I: Cessna TU206G, Camden, AL, May 31, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2010, 16:45 local time
- Place: Camden, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9985° N, 87.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Camden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9985&lon=-87.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6508Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6508Z-2012-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-M (registry code 17266, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 225 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100531036189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF RUN ON THE ALABAMA RIVER IN CESSNA 206.  PILOT NOTICED THAT HE COULD NOT GET AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF RUN.  ENGINE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND NO SIGNS OF ANY MALFUNCTION.  ON THE TAXI BACK TO THE DOCK PILOT NOTICED THAT THE FLOATS WERE SUBMERGED BY AT LEAST 1 INCH INDICATING WATER IN THE FLOATS.  PILOT STATED THAT HE "STIFF TAXIED" TO GET THE WEIGHT ON THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AS SOON AS HE APPROACHED HIS DOCK AND REDUCED POWER TO IDLE THE FLOATS DUG IN AT THE NOSE AND THE PLANE SLOWLY FLIPPED OVER LANDING UPSIDE DOWN.  PILOT HAD OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN DOOR WHILE SLOWLY FLIPPING AND ALL PASSENGERS UNBUCKLED AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED BY THE PILOT BACK TO HIS DOCK.  PLANE FLIPPED IN ABOUT SIXTEEN (16) FEET OF WATER AND SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE OTHER THAN BEING SUBMERGED.

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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