# Incident 20200831012589I: Cessna U206F, Anchorage, AK, August 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2020, 10:33 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206EJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206EJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200831012589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LAUNCHING AIRCRAFT INTO WATER AT THE NORTH RAMP WITH THE INTENTION TO TAXI TO HIS PARKING SLIP.  ONCE IN THE WATER AIRCRAFT DRIFTED INTO THE NORTH-SOUTH WATER LANE DUE TO WIND BEFORE PILOT HAD A CHANCE TO CALL TOWER.  PILOT STATES THAT HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE WATER LANE, HOWEVER, HE ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVE WHEN ASKED BY TOWER IF HE WAS IN THE N-S WATER LANE.

ASSOCIATED PTRS AL03202003433

## Other reports on N206EJ (1)

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

- [Accident 19950803026851A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950803026851A), Aug 3, 1995: Cessna U206F (N206EJ), Sterling, AK, Substantial damage. During climb float plane collided with left main wheel of tundra tire equipped N7KA in level flight. Both landed.

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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