# Accident 20100827043929A: Cessna U206F, Dillingham, AK, August 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9464° N, 158.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9464&lon=-158.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35851, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35851) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100827043929A

## Narrative

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

N35851, A CESSNA 206 OPERATED BY FRED HODSON WAS INVOLVED IN A BIRD STRIKE INVOLVING A LOON.  LOON STRUCK AND SHATTERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WIND SCREEN AND CONTINUED INTO THE CABIN OF THE AIRCRAFT, STRIKING THE CO-PILOT SEAT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TO THE PASSANGER SEAT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CO-PILOT SEAT.  CO-PILOT SEAT AND PAX SEAT BOTH CAME OFF OF SEAT TRACK DUE TO IMPACT.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO POINT OF ORIGIN AND LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.  PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, AND DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE WIND SCREEN AND THE TWO SEATS THAT THE BIRD IMPACTED.  THE BIRD WAS IN A DIVE AND IT'S FLIGHT PATH TOOK IT DIRECTLY INTO THE WIND SCREEN, WITHOUT COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER.  AFTER LANDING THE BIRD WAS WEIGHED AT 9 POUNDS.  PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 130KIAS AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.

## 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 ANC10CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA078), Aug 27, 2010: Cessna U206F (N35851), Aleknagik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A bird strike which penetrated the airplane's windscreen.

## Other reports on N35851 (1)

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

- [Accident 19851016052529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851016052529A), Oct 16, 1985: Cessna U206F (N35851), Tanana, AK, Substantial damage. Ice in fuel system caused engine failure. Landed on a gravel bar and aircraft slipped over onto its back.

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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