# Incident 20130611011019I: Cessna TU206G, Nanwalek, AK, June 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: Nanwalek, AK
- Airport: Nanwalek
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.3521° N, 151.9252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANWALEK (KEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3521&lon=-151.9252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6447X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6447X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130611011019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW TO SECOND LAKE NEAR NANWALEK AK INTENDING ON LANDING AND THEN BEACHING ON THE WEST SHORE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE WATER ALONG THE SHORE LINE IS VERY CLEAR AND THE BOTTOM IS VISIBLE. AFTER A COUPLE OF TOUCH AND GO'S HE LANDED ON THE LAKE AND DID A SLOW IDLE TAXI TO THE BEACH. ABOUT 50 OR MORE FEET FROM THE BEACH HE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND COASTED THE REMAINING DISTANCE. HE THEN TURNED THE FLOAT PLANE AROUND AND PUT IT'S STERNS ON THE BEACH. HE REPORTEDLY CHECKED THE FLOAT COMPARTMENTS AT THE STEP AND NOTICED WHAT HE REPORTED AS MINIMAL WATER IN THE LEFT FLOAT, HE CLOSED THE FLOAT COMPARTMENTS AND THEN CLIMBED IN AND AFTER ENGINE START BEGAN TO IDLE TAXI AWAY FROM THE BEACH. IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO TAXI, AT IDLE, ABOUT 700 TO 1000 FEET AWAY FROM THE BEACH AT WHICH POINT HE FELT HE WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE BEACH FOR NOISE ABATEMENT AND APPROPRIATE TO STEP TAXI TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE LAKE. AT THIS TIME, HE APPLIED FULL POWER WITH THE YOKE FULLY AFT. THE AIRPLANES PITCH ATTITUDE NEVER CHANGED (FROM IDLE TAXI, TO HUMP/PLOW, TO STEP) IT REMAINED IN THE IDLE TAXI/DISPLACEMENT ATTITUDE. HE REPORTEDLY KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG SO, HE PULLED POWER TO IDLE AND THEN LOOKED OUT HIS LEFT WINDOW AT THE LEFT FLOAT AND NOTICED WATER FLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE FLOAT. THE SHORELINE TO HIS RIGHT WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY SO, HE TURNED RIGHT AND TRIED TO MAKE IT TO SHALLOWER WATER AND SHORELINE. THE LEFT FLOAT THEN IMMEDIATELY WENT FURTHER UNDER, MORE SO AT THE BOW. HE BELIEVED AT THAT POINT HE PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT OFF, AND THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE WENT IN NOSE FIRST AND THE BOW SEEMED TO HIT BOTTOM BECAUSE IT PAUSED AND STOOD STRAIGHT UP (NOSE UNDER, TAIL UP/OUT) LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO EGRESS AND MAKE IT TO THE SHORE LINE BEFORE IT FLIPPED COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN.

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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