# Accident 20180815014239A: Cessna TU206C, Kaktovik, AK, August 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2018, 17:09 local time
- Place: Kaktovik, AK
- Airport: Barter Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MQAA
- Location: 70.1131° N, 143.6536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARTER ISLAND (BTI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1131&lon=-143.6536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,505 total, 305 in this make and model, 261 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815014239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED DEADHORSE AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 LOCAL FOR KAKTOVIK. ARRIVE AT KAKTOVIK AT APPROXIMATELY 1705 LOCAL. PILOT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A DOWNWIND APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 25. AFTER COMPLETING A STABLE APPROACH AND LANDING, PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO THE TAXI WAY. AS THE PILOT MADE THE TURN A LARGE GUST OF WIND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER AND OFF THE TAXIWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N206J (3)

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

- [Incident 20250826012879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250826012879I), Aug 26, 2025: Cessna U206C (N206J), AK, Minor damage. Pilot back taxing acft on sloped ocean beach, on end of back taxi when perfoming a 180 degree turn, nose wheel sunk into the soft sand causing propeller to…
- [Accident 20140922018149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140922018149A), Sep 22, 2014: Cessna TU206C (N206J), Deadhorse, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft experienced an engine failure midway between its departure point of badami and its destination of Deadhorse. The failure was characterized as a sudden…
- [Accident 20030905034679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030905034679A), Sep 5, 2003: Cessna TU206C (N206J), Barter Island, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) NTSB# ANC03CA108 [privacy data omitted] on September 5, 2003 a Cessna CE-206, N206J, piloted by waldo dwight audi crashed during takeoff from a mud flat…

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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