# NTSB ANC83IA069: Cessna U-206, N732FN, Old Harbor, AK, April 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Old Harbor, AK
- Coordinates: 57.209148, -153.319183 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.2091&lon=-153.3192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4086
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83IA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4086/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA069

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RT WING ROSE DURING THE WATER TAKEOFF & THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE WATER. AFTER IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT SANK. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING & A SIGMENT FOR LOWLEVEL TURBULENCE WAS IN EFFECT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N732FN](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732FN-2013-03-19), registration cancelled 2013-03-19, S/N U20604669, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U-206
- 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
- Serial number: U-20604669
- Airframe hours: 2978
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Flirite, Inc.
- Registered owner: I. Marilyn Buker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 9, 1982, 77 hours before
- Departed: KIAVAK BAY, AK
- Destination: KDK, KODIAK, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: OLH, Old Harbor

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 6,112 total, 3,470 in this make and model, 5,988 as pilot in command, 99 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Incident 19830411031019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830411031019I), Apr 11, 1983: Cessna U206G, Kiavak Bay, AK, Minor damage. Wind picked up wing on a water takeoff. Left wing made contact with water. Airplane rolled over and sank.

## Other investigations on N732FN (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 SEA89LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA035), Jan 16, 1989: Cessna 206 (N732FN), Sekiu, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, RATHER THAN POSTPONE THE BUSINESS TRIP AND RETURN TO ORIGIN OR OTHER SAFE AREA. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE TURBULENCE AND GUSTY WINDS…

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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