# Accident 19810417017881A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Loveland, CO, April 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1981, 16:01 local time
- Place: Loveland, CO
- Airport: Ft Collins-Lovela
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.3978° N, 105.0750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loveland, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3978&lon=-105.0750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4862F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4862F-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206A (registry code 2073318, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA81AA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA81AA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417017881A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID CLIMBING UNREPORTED PARACHUTE AIRCRAFT N1136Q. ATC FAULTY PROCEDURES FOR FAR 105 OPERATION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N11360, Hnlypg HP137MK1: [Accident 19810417017882A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417017882A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 DCA81AA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA81AA015), Apr 17, 1981: Cessna TU206A (N4862F), Loveland, CO, destroyed, 15 fatal

## Other reports on N4862F (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810222013479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222013479I), Feb 22, 1981: Cessna TU206* (N4862F), Loveland, CO, 1 fatal. Zx sky diver failed to open chute as instructed. May have had faulty altitude alerter.
- [Accident 19790804024179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804024179A), Aug 4, 1979: Cessna TU206A (N4862F), Ft Collins, CO, Substantial damage. Rubber-like material in engine-driven fuel pump. Wires to boost pump frayed. Engine failed when boost turned on.
- [Accident 19740731023839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740731023839A), Jul 31, 1974: Cessna TU206A (N4862F), La Vida Msn, NM, Substantial damage. Lndd midway down rwy.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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