# Accident 20160817014529A: Cessna U206A, Sleetmute, AK, August 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sleetmute, AK
- Airport: Sleetmute
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7053° N, 157.1503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7053&lon=-157.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8076Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8076Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206A (registry code 2073316, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 6,300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA455) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160817014529A

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING A LANDING AT A REMOTE GRASS AIRSTRIP, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING THAT RIPPED THE EXTERNAL BELLY FUEL TANK FROM AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AFT BOTTOM PORTION OF FUSELAGE SKIN, STRINGERS, AND BELL FRAMES.

## 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 GAA16CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA455), Aug 17, 2016: Cessna U206 (N8076Z), Sleetmute, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the critical angle of attack during the landing flare, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a hard landing.

## Other reports on N8076Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19930228004139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930228004139A), Feb 28, 1993: Cessna U206A (N8076Z), Willow, AK, Substantial damage. Taxiing ski equipped aircraft on frozen snow covered lake. Crossed snowmobile tracks. Nose ski dug in. Collapsed gear

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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