# Incident 20200714010599I: Kinikin Melvin D BEARHAWK, Sterling, AK, July 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sterling, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5372° N, 150.7647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5372&lon=-150.7647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kinikin Melvin D BEARHAWK (registry code 05622K5, https://openairdocs.org/model/kinikin-melvin-d-bearhawk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KINIKIN MELVIN D BEARHAWK
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,230 total, 180 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200714010599I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2020, AT 1730 AKDT, N206MK, A KINIKIN MELVIN D BEARHAWK, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 19 MILES NORTH EAST OF STERLING, AK.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

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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