# Accident 20120401003999A: Cessna U206B, Winterset, IA, April 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2012, 15:15 local time
- Place: Winterset, IA
- Airport: Winterset Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3295° N, 94.0106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3295&lon=-94.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3830G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3830G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,042 total, 120 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120401003999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND SKY DIVERS TOOK OFF FROM THE WINTERSET, IOWA, AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1500L TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING A PREDOMINATELY NORTH HEADING AND ON THE CLIMB OUT, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE WAS STARTING TO CLIMB ABNORMALLY. ALTHOUGH THE CHT DID NOT EXCEED MANUFACTURER'S LIMITS, IT WAS CLIMBING HIGHER THAN IT NORMALLY INDICATED. AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND SUDDEN SEVERE VIBRATION. WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM OUT OF THE ENGINE COWLING OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LEVELED OFF, THEN PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT FOR BEST GLIDE SPEED, AND TURNED BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT. HE ADVISED THE SKY DIVERS TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT,AS THEY HAD SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE. FOUR JUMPERS WERE ABLE TO EXIT AND TWO REMAINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT. HE INITIALLY SELECTED A NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY TO LAND ON, BUT DETERMINED IT WAS NOT SUITABLE. HE THEN SELECTED A FIELD AND SET UP AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOR THE FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN THE FIELD. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN12LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA224), Apr 1, 2012: Cessna U206B (N3830G), Winterset, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of oil pressure to the No. 4 connecting rod journal and the subsequent loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N3830G (2)

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

- [Incident 20040612013589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040612013589I), Jun 12, 2004: Cessna U206B (N3830G), Bay City, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that engine sputtered in the turn to final on 36. A go-around was not attempted when aircraft drifted to the right, landing on the grass.…
- [Accident 19800720029379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720029379A), Jul 20, 1980: Cessna U206B (N3830G), Charlotte, MI, Substantial damage. Tried to go around from Private strip. Engine quit. Crash-landed off strip. Found pieces of plastic bag in fuel.

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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