# Accident 20160719011329A: Meyers Industries Inc 200B, Huron, SD, July 19, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Huron, SD
- Airport: Huron Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3769° N, 98.1972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3769&lon=-98.1972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229RS-2018-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers Industries 200B (registry code 5650306, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-industries-200b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS INDUSTRIES INC 200B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,651 total, 43 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719011329A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2016 AT 1900 LOCAL TIME, A 1963 MEYERS INDUSTRIES INC. MODEL 200B AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO BRUCE J. MAYES WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER TAKE-OFF, DURING CLIMB OUT, WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS AN ATP WITH MULTIPLE RATING IN AIRPLANES AND ROTORCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA ON SUNDAY JULY 17, 2016.

## 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 CEN16LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA275), Jul 20, 2016: Meyers 200 (N229RS), Huron, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due an unsecured throttle cable. The reason for the unsecured throttle cable could not be determined.

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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