# Accident 20180818018509A: Cessna U206F, Chinitna Bay, AK, August 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2018, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chinitna Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K99C
- Location: 59.7969° N, 154.1297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7969&lon=-154.1297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441GR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441GR-2019-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-F
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818018509A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2018 AIRMAN WAS FLYING N441GR, A CE-U206F TO CHINITNA BAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEAR VIEWING. PILOT PLUS 5 PASSENGERS. AIRMAN PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT AND REVIEWED FLIGHT MANIFEST AND COMPLETED A WEIGHT AND BALANCE. AFTER A 60 MIN FLIGHT AIRMAN ARRIVED AT CHINITNA BAY. AT WHICH POINT THE AIRMAN DID TWO PASSES OVER THE BEACH TO DETERMINE IT WAS FREE OF DEBRIS AND DIRECTION OF WIND FOR LANDING. AIRMAN STATED IT WAS A LIGHT WIND FAVORING A NORTH LANDING. AFTER A STABLE APPROACH THE AIRMAN TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LEFT MAIN FIRST (UPHILL WHEEL), THE PLANE SLOWED DOWN AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL TOUCHED.  AT THAT POINT THE AIRMAN THOUGHT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT VEERING TO THE RIGHT IN A 180 DEGREE TURN AND OFF THE BEACH INTO THE MUD FLAT. AFTER MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS OK THE AIRMAN GOT THE AFT CARGO DOOR OPEN AND EVERYONE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UP THE BEACH.  ONCE EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE OK THE AIRMAN CONTACTED ANOTHER COMPANY PILOT TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HE CONTACTED BASE TO LET THEM KNOW THE SITUATION. AT THIS TIME THE AIRMAN SAW THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF, AND DURING THE 180 DEGREE TURN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD ALSO BROKEN OFF. 2 PLANES WERE DISPATCHED TO PICK UP THE AIRMAN AND PASSENGERS.

## 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 ANC18LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA067), Aug 18, 2018: Cessna U206 (N441GR), Pedro Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue fracture of both main landing gear legs during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse and separation of both main landing gear legs.

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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