# NTSB ANC86LA143: Cessna TU206A, N942SA, Talkeetna, AK, September 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1986, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Coordinates: 62.450798, -149.789413 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4508&lon=-149.7894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (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): 4729
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4729/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA143

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear retraction - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT FORGOT TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR ON THE AMPHIBOUS FLOATS AFTER TAKING OFF FROM A GRAVEL RUNWAY. HE LANDED ON A LAKE WITH THE WHEELS EXTENDED AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N942SA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N942SA), registered now, S/N TU2060553 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (registry code 2073318) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520-M](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (registry code 17266, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U2060553
- Airframe hours: 4646
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Ty Kidder Lee, doing business as Susitna Air Service
- Registered owner: Sustitna Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 15, 1981, 46 hours before
- Departed: TKA, TALKEETNA, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: Shovel Lake

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,970 total, 725 in this make and model, 3,500 as pilot in command, 205 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles

## 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 19860904045239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860904045239A), Sep 4, 1986: Cessna TU206A, Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot failed to check wheels up for a water landing. The floatplane was substantially damaged.

## Other investigations on N942SA (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 ANC96LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA035), Mar 17, 1996: Cessna 206 (N942SA), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Snow covered terrain that concealed uneven terrain was a factor in the accident.

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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