# Accident 20250724010269A: Cessna U206C, Gulkana, AK, July 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2025, 16:20 local time
- Place: Gulkana, AK
- Airport: Gulkana
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EAXA
- Location: 62.1426° N, 145.4495° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1426&lon=-145.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29110, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,367 total, 310 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250724010269A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO GULKANA AIRPORT FROM DAN CREEK AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE LOST POWER ON FINAL APPROACH AT WHICH TIME THEY CHANGED THE FUEL TANKS AND HELD HIGH BOOST ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP SELECTOR, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART. THE PILOT STATED HE EXECUTED A SOFT FIELD LANDING 100 FEET BEFORE THE BEGINING OF RUNWAY 33L. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC25LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA078), Jul 25, 2025: Cessna U206C (N29110), Gulkana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N29110 (1)

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

- [Incident 20160906022939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160906022939I), Sep 6, 2016: Cessna U206C (N29110), Mankomen Lake A, AK, Minor damage. During rollout right wing contacted brush along east side of narrow gravel/dirt runway causing the aircraft to veer right onto small embankment causing damage…

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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