# NTSB SEA86LA019: Cessna C206, N756FX, Funter Bay, AK, October 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1985, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Funter Bay, AK
- Coordinates: 58.579872, -134.770339 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5799&lon=-134.7703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40330
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40330/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partial (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C206
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604066
- Airframe hours: 4007
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851029073579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029073579A), Oct 29, 1985: Cessna U206G, Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. Nosed over after water landing. Left main gear had not retracted. Pressure release switch 200 pounds low.

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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