# Accident 20240924014439A: Cessna U206F, Chalkyisik, AK, September 24, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2024, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chalkyisik, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 5KRC
- Location: 66.7853° N, 144.3379° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.7853&lon=-144.3379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8255Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8255Q) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240924014439A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM A GRAVEL BAR IN THE PORCUPINE RIVER. WITNESSES STATED ABOUT 5 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THE AIRPLANE BANKED HARD RIGHT A DESCENDED. THE RIGHT WING HIT THE WATER AND THE AIRPLANE SPUN AND CAME TO REST FACING ABOUT 270 DEGREES FROM THE TAKEOFF DIRECTION.

## 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 ANC24FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24FA102), Sep 24, 2024: Cessna 206 (N8255Q), Chalkyitsik, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to water-contaminated fuel as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s failure to ensure replacement filters…

## Other reports on N8255Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20000413009549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413009549A), Apr 13, 2000: Cessna U206F (N8255Q), Delta Junction, AK, No damage. (-23) Airman elected to land long due to standing water on the south 1/3 of the 1,500' long runway. The remainder of the runway was covered with melting ice.…

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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