# Accident 20250623007779A: Cessna P206C, Port Graham, AK, June 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Port Graham, AK
- Airport: Port Graham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.3500° N, 151.8300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3500&lon=-151.8300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8630Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8630Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206C (registry code 2073312, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206C
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,086 total, 17 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250623007779A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT FROM HOMER, AK TO PORT GRAHAM, AK WITH PILOT AND 5 PAX. WINDS AT PORT GRAHAM WERE APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST AND PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30. PILOT EXPERIENCED MINOR TURBULENCE ON THE DOWNWIND AND ON SHORT FINAL, BUT FINAL APPROACH WAS STABLE. PILOT'S ASSESSMENT STATES, "AT ABOUT 100 FT FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND AT ABOUT 50 FT ABOVE THE RUNWAY, I FELT LIKE I MIGHT FLOAT DOWN THE RUNWAY (MY RATE OF DESCENT WAS SHALLOW AND I WAS SLIGHTLY FAST), SO I PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE SLOWLY. I THINK THAT THIS RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF DESCENT THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE. IN ADJUSTING FOR THE BOUNCE, I DEVELOPED A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE (WHICH I WAS CONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO AVOID), WHICH RESULTED IN THE TAILSTRIKE."

UPON LANDING AT PORT GRAHAM, PILOT EXPERIENCED A TAIL STRIKE AS STATED. ROLL-OUT AND TAXI WERE NORMAL. NO INJURIES. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED RIPPLED SKIN ON THE TAIL/EMPENNAGE AND A HYDRAULIC LEAK ON THE NOSE STRUT. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO HOMER, AK FOR REQUIRED REPAIRS.

## 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 ANC25LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA069), Jun 23, 2025: Cessna P206C (N8630Z), Port Graham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and failure to maintain pitch control, which resulted in a tail strike. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to initiate a go around after the…

## Other reports on N8630Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20000810025949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000810025949I), Aug 10, 2000: Cessna P206C (N8630Z), Bessemer, AL. (-23) On August 10, 2000 a Cessna 206, N8630Z operated by air carriers, inc was enroute from dothan, Alabama to Bessemer, AL. The pilot reported he had just…

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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