# Accident 20160720022629A: Cessna U206F, Hinchinbrook Is, AK, July 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2016, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hinchinbrook Is, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.3383° N, 146.2581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3383&lon=-146.2581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1222V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1222V-2019-11-01) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160720022629A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/20/2016 AT APPROXIMATLY 9:00 AM N122V A CESSNA 206 LANDED ON THE BEACH NEAR HOOK POINT ON HINCHINBROOK ISLAND. AFTER LANDING THE RIGHT GEAR LEG GOT CAUGHT IN A SOFT SPOT IN THE SAND AND BROKE PULLING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT GEAR THEN FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING IT TO COME TO REST ON THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC16CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA049), Jul 20, 2016: Cessna U206 (N1222V), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent landing gear separation and collapse.

## Other reports on N1222V (2)

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

- [Incident 20020906027059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906027059I), Sep 6, 2002: Cessna U206F (N1222V), Kiklukh, AK, Minor damage. (-23) While landing at Kiklukh, with a reported 20-30 knot headwind, nose fork and wheel broke off upon touchdown. Airplane slid to a stop on the sand. Prop…
- [Incident 20010924029029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010924029029I), Sep 24, 2001: Cessna U206F (N1222V), Cordova, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Taxiing downwind on gravel runway, gust wind got under tail & lifted aircraft up on nose & left wing. Damage to prop and left wing tip.

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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