# Accident 20130804017689A: Cessna U206F, Homer, AK, August 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2013, 17:08 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K99C
- Location: 58.9903° N, 153.5731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.9903&lon=-153.5731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5364Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5364Q-2020-01-13) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130804017689A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLL FROM DOUGLAS RIVER BEACH A CESSNA 206 WITH FIVE PASSENGERS BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY WHEN A BUMP WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE BEACH. THE WATER ROSE AND CONTACTED THE LEFT MAIN TIRE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ABRUPTLY TURN TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE BEACH AND THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE WATER COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 ANC13CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA073), Aug 5, 2013: Cessna U206F (N5364Q), Kokhanok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N5364Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20190818017799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190818017799A), Aug 18, 2019: Cessna U206F (N5364Q), Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft was used for charter fishing trips. After flying to an island to fish weather began moving in, the pilot and passengers waited out the first storm…

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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