# NTSB ANC68A0027: Cessna U206, N5279U, Anchorage, AK, October 18, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 18, 1967
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC68A0027
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC68A0027

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3041  67/10/18   ANCHORAGE,ALAS.     CESSNA U206         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 4000
        TIME - 1450                    N5279U              PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 440 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PLT TAXIING ON-STEP IN OPEN WATER TRIED TO TAXI OVER SAND BAR-PLT MISJUDGED SAND BAR FOR MUD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5279U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5279U-2012-12-18), registration cancelled 2012-12-18, S/N U2060279, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (registry code 2073306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5279U (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 ANC76DAH85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH85-201344), Sep 24, 1976: Cessna 206 (N5279U), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

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.

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