# NTSB ANC81DAG81: Cessna U206F, N8435Q, Dikeman, AK, September 13, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 13, 1981
- Place: Dikeman, AK · DIKEMAN, AK
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123695
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC81DAG81
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG81

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1858  81/9/13  NR.DIKEMAN,AK         CESSNA U206F        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 16000
        TIME - 1815                    N8435Q              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         DIKEMAN,AK                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- TURNED FNL BLO TREES,RVR CURVE.BRK OUT OF SHADE,BLINDED BY GLARE,LNDG AREA.BRUSH/TREES BESIDE RVR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8435Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8435Q-1983-03-03), registration cancelled 1983-03-03, S/N U20603294 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810913060119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810913060119A), Sep 13, 1981: Cessna 206CESSNA, Dikeman, AK, Substantial damage. Landing between trees on river. Blinded by sun off water. Began go around wing caught trees. Aircraft cartwheeled.

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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