- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7617GCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810907058119A
- Case key
- 126772
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1852 81/9/7 NR.ANCHORAGE,AK CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1230 N7617G PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 58, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUE RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOATPLANE BGN DRAGGING SAND BOTTOM DRG TKOF FM MOUTH OF RVR IN MURKY TIDE WTRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7617G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sue River
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.