# Incident 20170721014719I: Cessna U206G, Anchorage, AK, July 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QPOA
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9909Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9909Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 130 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170721014719I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/21/17 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:45 PIC DEPARTED MRI (QPOA BASE) SOLO AS A PART-135 FLIGHT TO PICK UP 4 PASSENGERS AT LHD FOR A CHARTER FLIGHT TO SILVER SALMON CREEK.  PRE-FLIGHT AND FLIGHT TO LHD WERE UNEVENTFUL.  APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING LHD, PIC NOTICED THAT THE INTERCOM AUDIO WAS SCRATCHY AND INTERMITTENT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF INSTRUMENTS AND RADIOS.  PIC RECYCLED AVIONIC MASTER AND BATTERY MASTER SWITCHES, SHED NON-ESSENTIAL SYSTEMS POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE FLAPS ALL WITH NO EFFECT.  PIC DEDUCED THAT A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE HAD OCCURRED AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO MRI.  PIC SAID THAT SHE NOTICED THAT THE LOW VOLTAGE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ON AT ANY TIME DURING THIS EVENT.  DURING THE APPROACH TO MRI, PIC RECEIVED GREEN LIGHT SIGNALS TO LAND FROM THE TOWER.  LANDING AND TAXI TO RAMP WERE UNEVENTFUL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N9909Z (4)

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

- [Accident 20041224034179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041224034179A), Dec 24, 2004: Cessna U206G (N9909Z), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 24, 2004, about 1125 Alaska standard time, a Cessna U206G airplane, N9909Z, sustained substantial damage during taxi. The airplane was being…
- [Accident 19920402008319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920402008319A), Apr 2, 1992: Cessna U206G (N9909Z), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft lifted off in nose high attitude. Settled back to runway. Attempted to take off. Hit snowbank. Nosed over.
- [Incident 19900220008239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900220008239I), Feb 20, 1990: Cessna U206G (N9909Z), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout due to left brake failure. Used rudder but hit snowbank on side of runway.
- [Incident 19880805070149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880805070149I), Aug 5, 1988: Cessna U206G (N9909Z), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Steering bungee became disconnected in flight cocking the nosewheel. Aircraft veered into bushes landing nose up.

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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