# Incident 20160719011269I: Cessna U206C, Chinitna Bay, AK, July 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2016, 12:15 local time
- Place: Chinitna Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 6COA
- Aircraft: N3985G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3985G-2018-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719011269I

## Narrative

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

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 19840716040349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840716040349A), Jul 16, 1984: Cessna U206C (N3985G), Kalispell, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot made forced landing short of runway. No reason could be found for engine failure.

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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