# Incident 20201207020339I: Cessna U206G, Gambier Bay, AK, December 7, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2020, 13:00 local time
- Place: Gambier Bay, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXRA
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93024, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93024) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201207020339I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/7/20 N93024 A CESSNA 206 LANDED AT GAMBIER BAY THE SECOND LEG OF THE FLIGHT.

WHILE TAXING FOR TAKE OFF, PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT LISTING TO THE RIGHT. PILOT TURNED AROUND TO HEAD TO THE BEACH. WHILE HEADING TO THE BEACH THE RIGHT FLOAT SANK TO WERE THE RIGHT WING WAS CONTACTING THE WATER. PILOT SHUT ENGINE OFF, THEN THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EXITED AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT FLOAT. PILOT RETRIEVED THE FLOAT PADDLE AND STARTED PADDLING TO THE BEACH. PILOT PADDLED TILL THE RIGHT WING OR THE RIGHT FLOAT CONTACTED THE BOTTOM. THEN PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT FLOAT STARTED TO SINK. PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS  GOT INTO THE WATER AND SWAM TO SHORE ABOUT 40 FEET.

## Other reports on N93024 (1)

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

- [Incident 20200918012619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200918012619I), Sep 18, 2020: Cessna U206G (N93024), Juneau, AK, Minor damage. On 9/18/2020 N93024 as Cessna 206 amphibian was on approach to Juneau International Airport. Pilot selected gear down, and 30 second into the gear cycle pilot…

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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