# Accident 20121009024559A: Cessna U206F, Kotzebue, AK, October 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Kotzebue
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: G6UC
- Location: 65.7583° N, 160.5597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.7583&lon=-160.5597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9575G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9575G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-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: 6,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121009024559A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ON A GRAVELBAR AIRSTRIP THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 900' LONG, THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER AT THE EDGE OF THE GRAVELBAR PULLING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CARTWHEEL SLIGHTLY CAUSING THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE GROUND. AIRMAN STATED THE 10 KT HEADWIND DIED OUT AS HE WAS FLARING FOR LANDING.

## 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 ANC13CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA002), Oct 9, 2012: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Buckland, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during final approach in gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N9575G (4)

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

- [Accident 20170522011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522011009A), May 22, 2017: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Destroyed. On may 22 2017 at 17:57 local time PIC took off from Kotzebue airport (paot) on a routine flight with one passenger, who PIC has flown to the same location for…
- [Incident 20050710015239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050710015239I), Jul 10, 2005: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] while back-taxiing on a gravel bar on the nimiuktuk river located 95 miles northeast of Kotzebue, Alaska the CE-206'S nose wheel…
- [Accident 19971217039239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971217039239A), Dec 17, 1997: Cessna U206F (N9575G), Mountain Villag, AK, Substantial damage. Narrative: on December 16, 1997, about 1930 Alaska standard time, a Cessna 206 airplane, N9575G, sustained substantial damage during landing at Mountain…
- [Accident 19791204037639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791204037639A), Dec 4, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA (N9575G), Marshall, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on runway with packed and loose snow. Veered off side of runway into snow berm.

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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