# Accident 20130823017909A: Cessna U206F, Takotna, AK, August 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2013, 15:45 local time
- Place: Takotna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YUEC
- Location: 61.9928° N, 156.0297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9928&lon=-156.0297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35952, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35952) (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-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130823017909A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MCGRATH. PILOT STATED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS USED FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER 15 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING. PILOT STATED THAT A LOUD, VERY RAPID, CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT BY TRYING TO UTILIZE THE LEFT FUEL TANK, TURNING ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP, ADJUSTING THE MIXTURE AND SWITCHING MAGNETOS BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TREES NEAR TAKOTNA. THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED AS OF YET.

## 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 ANC13LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA085), Aug 24, 2013: Cessna U206F (N35952), Tokotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the failure of the crankshaft, which resulted from a mechanic’s application of insufficient torque on the cylinder through bolts.

## Other reports on N35952 (2)

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

- [Incident 19970513014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970513014609I), May 13, 1997: Cessna U206 (N35952), Togiak, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot indicated that after picking up his passenger from a fish processing boat, he began to back taxi for a take off. While taxiing down the face…
- [Incident 19800619051239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800619051239I), Jun 19, 1980: Cessna 206CESSNA (N35952), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff. Could not control path of aircraft.

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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