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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206G · Dillingham, AK · July 7, 2010

Date: July 7, 2010 · 17:00 local
Place: Dillingham, AK
Airport: Shannons Pond
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1061P
Reported as: Cessna U206G
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1061PRegistered now · Cessna U206GS/N U20606773 · Built 1983 Airframe modelCessna U206G Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he "just ran out of water" on takeoff from shannon's Pond. He said that his floats hit a three foot tall berm about 50 feet from the takeoff end of the waterway. He said that he could see that his floats "did not look right" and that he thought it better to make a precautionary landing in the swamp than to continue flying and have possible other problems. The floats sustained major damage but the aircraft suffered only minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE "JUST RAN OUT OF WATER" ON TAKEOFF FROM SHANNON'S POND. HE SAID THAT HIS FLOATS HIT A THREE FOOT TALL BERM ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE TAKEOFF END OF THE WATERWAY. HE SAID THAT HE COULD SEE THAT HIS FLOATS "DID NOT LOOK RIGHT" AND THAT HE THOUGHT IT BETTER TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE SWAMP THAN TO CONTINUE FLYING AND HAVE POSSIBLE OTHER PROBLEMS. THE FLOATS SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.