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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206C · Chinitna Bay, AK · July 19, 2016

Date: July 19, 2016 · 12:15 local
Place: Chinitna Bay, AK
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: 6COA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3985G
Reported as: Cessna U206C
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

N3985GRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 2018 · Cessna U206CS/N U206-0985 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna U206C Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempt to re-position the aircraft to higher ground on the beach due to suspected soft sand resulted in one main landing gear tire digging in to a soft sand spot and causing the nose landing gear to fail and the aircraft to come to rest onto the nose and right wing tip resulting in propeller and engine damage with minor wing tip damage.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPT TO RE-POSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO HIGHER GROUND ON THE BEACH DUE TO SUSPECTED SOFT SAND RESULTED IN ONE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE DIGGING IN TO A SOFT SAND SPOT AND CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO FAIL AND THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO REST ONTO THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING TIP RESULTING IN PROPELLER AND ENGINE DAMAGE WITH MINOR WING TIP DAMAGE.

Other reports on N3985G · 1

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

Accident 19840716040349AForced Landing · Kalispell, MTPilot made forced landing short of runway. No reason could be found for engine failure.Jul 16, 1984 · Substantial damage