# Accident 20250618007079A: Cessna U206G, Siren, WI, June 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2025, 14:36 local time
- Place: Siren, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7772° N, 92.4828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7772&lon=-92.4828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N932DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N932DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,214 total, 614 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250618007079A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC FLEW WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING CURRENT BY MAKING 3 LAND AND 3 WATER LANDINGS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. ON THE FIRST AMPHIBIOUS LANDING ON A LAKE, THE PILOT MADE SURE THE WHEELS WERE RETRACTED IN THE FLOATS AS HE MADE HIS APPROACH TO LAND. THE PILOT STATED THE LAKE WAS GLASSY SMOOTH. HE THOUGHT HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WHEN THE FLOATS IMPACTED THE WATER IN A SLIGHT NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THIS LED TO A HARD LANDING AND PORPOISING. A WITNESS ON A NEARBY DOCK SAW THE AIRCRAFT TAIL CONTACT THE WATER. THE PILOT STATED HE DECIDED NOT TO ACCELERATE FOR A GO AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE LANDING. AS PORPOISING CONTINUED, ATTACHMENT STRUTS PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE FLOATS, PUNCTURING THE LOWER LEFT FUSELAGE IN TWO LOCATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT LEANED FORWARD AND NOSE DOWN ON THE FLOATS RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE TO THE RIGHT FLOAT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT ON THE LAKE AND THE WITNESS ON THE DOCK ARRIVED SOON AFTER WITH HIS BOAT TO TRANSPORT THE PILOT TO THE SHORE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, THE SLICED FLOAT TOOK ON ENOUGH WATER TO DIP THE AIRCRAFT NOSE FURTHER. THE FUSELAGE DAMAGE BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED SOON AFTER TO THE PUBLIC BOAT LANDING.

## 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 CEN25LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA211), Jun 18, 2025: Cessna U206 (N932DB), Falun, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot experiencing the featureless terrain illusion during the approach which gave the perception that the airplane was at a higher altitude over the glassy water surface than it was, resulting…

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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