# NTSB investigations: Cessna U206G: In flight encounter with weather NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB ANC06LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA119.md): Cessna U206G · Whittier, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 2006 · N4975U · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with terrain while maneuvering to reverse direction in a pass. A factor contributing to the accident was clouds in the pass. - [NTSB ANC05LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA027.md): Cessna U206 · Port Alsworth, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 2005 · N206AR · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), his improper in-flight planning and decision making, and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering to reverse direction at a low altitude. Factors… - [NTSB SEA04GA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04GA192.md): Cessna U206G · Essex, MT · Accident · 3 fatal · Final report · Sep 20, 2004 · N206SM · Destroyed > The pilot's misidentification of the airplane's location, which resulted in his improper decision to fly into the wrong drainage, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance while executing a turn to reverse course after he realized his navigational error.… - [NTSB ANC02FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02FA014.md): Cessna 206 · Bethel, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 2002 · N756HL · Destroyed > The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate ground clearance, which resulted in an in flight collision with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were flat light conditions, and… - [NTSB ANC00FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA024.md): Cessna U206G · Iliamna, AK · Accident · 6 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 5, 2000 · N756HG · Destroyed > The pilot's attempted flight into adverse weather, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance above the snow-covered tundra. Factors associated with the accident were snow, rain, and whiteout conditions. - [NTSB ANC99LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA118.md): Cessna 206 · Anaktuvuk Pass, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 22, 1999 · N5446X · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions after becoming lost/disoriented. Factors in the accident were rising terrain, a blind/box canyon, and weather conditions consisting of clouds, rain, and fog. - [NTSB ANC98LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA103.md): Cessna 206 · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1998 · N7370N · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and inadequate clearance from mountainous terrain. Factors were the downslope winds and downdrafts. - [NTSB ANC97FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97FA121.md): Cessna U206G · Halibut Cove, AK · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 1997 · N756AD · Destroyed > The pilot's improper evaluation of the weather conditions which led the pilot to maneuver within the confines of the lake to avoid surrounding terrain and a subsequent inadvertent stall. Factors were the terrain-induced turbulence and gusts. - [NTSB LAX97FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA202.md): Cessna 206 · Saugus, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1997 · N756PU · Destroyed > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude while attempting VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. - [NTSB FTW96LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA171.md): Cessna U206G · Venice, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1996 · N734QW · Destroyed > the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions. A factor was the fog. - [NTSB NYC96LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA041.md): Cessna U206G · Bangor, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1995 · N6250X · Substantial damage > the pilot's improper inflight planning/decision, and his failure to properly plan his approach for landing, so that the airplane would not stall or touchdown hard. Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather (icing) condition, the accumulation… - [NTSB ANC91FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91FA042.md): Cessna 206 · Homer, AK · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1991 · N6216U · Destroyed > VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude, while maneuvering over water. Factors related to the accident were: the snow shower and probable whiteout conditions. - [NTSB MKC89FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA159.md): Cessna U206 · Pettigrew, AR · Accident · 6 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1989 · N5304U · Destroyed > Improper planning/decision by the pilot, his VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. Factors related the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, high terrain, the… - [NTSB SEA88LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA026.md): Cessna 206 · Funter Bay, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 1987 · N9303R · Substantial damage > Shortly after takeoff, with a right quartering tailwind of 20 knots gusting to 25 knots, a downdraft was encountered. The pilot flew the aircraft away from rising terrain but the aircraft settled into small trees at full power in the takeoff configuration. - [NTSB SEA86LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA065.md): Cessna 206G · Icy Point, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 1986 · N747BE · Substantial damage > A precautionary landing was made due to deteriorating weather. Landing was accomplished onto a frozen slough. During touch down during high gusty crosswinds the aircraft veered right with the right gear breaking through the ice. The aircraft bounced up onto… - [NTSB NYC86LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA003.md): Cessna C206 · West Dover, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1985 · N9861Z · Substantial damage > Cessna aircraft, N9861Z overran runway 1, at West Dover, Vermont and landed on a golf course. The pilot stated that when the flight was about 50 feet above the runway and about 100 ft down the runway windshear was encountered, pulling the aircraft to the left… - [NTSB MKC84LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA162.md): Cessna U206G · Kansas City, MO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1984 · N9967M · Substantial damage > As a large jet was departing from the threshold of rwy 19, the plt of a Cessna 206, N9967M, was cleared onto the rwy to hold. Reportedly, the Cessna plt held short of the rwy until the jet had rolled about 1000 ft. as the Cessna was taxied onto the rwy, it… - [NTSB ANC84LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA050.md): Cessna U206G · Kodiak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 3, 1984 · N4726U · Substantial damage > According to the plt, he initiated a takeoff in a northerly direction, but the acft would not climb after lift-off. He chopped the pwr & the acft immediately touched down. Then the acft bounced, yawed left & the rt float hit the water sideways. The acft… - [NTSB ANC84LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA049.md): Cessna 206 · Mcgrath, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1984 · N756XB · Destroyed > According to the plt, he flew over a frozen lake, then encountered reduced visibility down to about 1/8 mi. He made a 180 deg turn, but lost all referecne to the terrain during the turn. Shortly after completing the turn, he was proceeding eastbound & was… - [NTSB FTW84LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA027.md): Cessna U206G · Midland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 1983 · N756DV · Substantial damage > The plt took off to check the wx & intended to proceed on a business flt, if conditions permitted. After taking off, he noted that the wx would not be satisfactory, so he elected to land & travel by other means. His apch to land was high & the acft touched… - [NTSB DEN83FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA152.md): Cessna U206 · Cortez, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1983 · N5413X · Destroyed > The plt filed a company VFR flt plan & took off at aprx 0930 MDT on a return flt to farmington, NM. According to a surviving passenger, after departing blanding, the acft entered low clouds. Reportedly, the plt flew in the clouds for a period of time until he… - [NTSB NYC82FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA060.md): Cessna U206G · Stratford, NH · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1982 · N734KJ · Destroyed > Before takeoff, the pilot received a partial weather briefing by telephone. He was advised of reported icing conditions and was told that snow and rain showers were moving through the area causing marginal VFR conditions. Before terminating the conversation,… - [NTSB ANC82DA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA013.md): Cessna U206 · Quinhagak, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jan 10, 1982 · N756YN · Substantial damage > Enroute the center seat passenger unfastened his seat belt and crawled up between the two front seats. While approaching Quinhagak the pilot had difficulty making the passenger return to his seat. After finally getting the passenger settled down he turned… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073356', '2073315', '2073314') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073356&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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