# Accident 20110710016272A: Cessna U206, Port Alsworth, AK, July 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2011, 13:10 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5578° N, 153.3058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5578&lon=-153.3058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2186F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2186F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710016272A

## Narrative

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

0N JULY 10, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 IN THE AFTERNOON, AIRCRAFT N2186F,  PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING WEST BOUND AT 2300 FEET MSL THROUGH LAKE CLARK PASS. THE PIC STATED THAT HE SAW A TAIL OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PASS BELOW AND TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT COWLING FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A HARD JOLT. THE PIC ANNOUNCED TO HIS PASSENGERS THAT THEY HAD STRUCK ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND THAT EVERYTHIG WAS OK WITH THEIR AIRCRAFT. THE PIC STATED THE AIRCRAFT FLEW STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AND THE FLOATS  WERE ALIGNED SO THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAKE HOOD ALASKA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING THE PIC NOTICED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TOE OF THE LEFT FLOAT AS WELL AS A DENT IN THE LEFT INSIDE SPREADER BAR. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE ACTIVELY SCANNING FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THEIR VICINITY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N76RA, Piper PA-31-350: [Accident 20110710016252A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710016252A)

## 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 ANC11FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA062), Jul 10, 2011: Cessna U206 (N2186F), Port Alsworth, AK, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the approaching airplane. Contributing to the accident was that the pilot’s failure to listen to radio position reports from the other airplane on the common…

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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