# NTSB ANC81FA022: Cessna U206G, N5446X, Karluk Lake, AK, February 6, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1981
- Place: Karluk Lake, AK · KARLUK LAKE, AK
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC81FA022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0528   81/2/6    KARLUK LAKE,AK      CESSNA U206G        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1425                    N5446X              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            25, 2810 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1380 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          KARLUK LK,AK                KODIAK,AK                    KARLUK LAKE,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- CO FLT PLAN.L FLOAT IMPACTED UNK OBJECT DRG WTR LNDG.TWO FATALITIES FM HYPOTHERMIA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5446X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5446X-2017-04-26), registration cancelled 2017-04-26, S/N U20605762, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (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 N5446X (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 ANC99LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA118), Aug 22, 1999: Cessna 206 (N5446X), Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions after becoming lost/disoriented. Factors in the accident were rising terrain, a blind/box canyon, and weather conditions consisting of…

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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