- Date
- October 29, 1985, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Funter Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756FXCessna C206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851029073579A
- Case key
- 40330
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose over
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partialCause
Analysis
The left main gear did not retract and during water landing caused the aircraft to nose over. The link pin rod was found to be broken and the cylinder assembly main retract link and pin down latch were found to be bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756FX
- Reported as
- Cessna C206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604066
- Airframe hours
- 4,007
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Robert L Reid
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1985 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- FNR · Funter Bay, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- FNR · Funder Bay
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.