# NTSB investigations: Cessna U206G, 1987

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 MIA88IA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA079.md): Cessna U206G · Key West, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 1987 · N4820R · Minor damage
  > While water taxiing nw from the ramp to takeoff with the wind from the north at 22 KTS, the rt wing lifted resulting in the lt float digging into the water. The plt attempted to correct this by turning into the wind and applying full-up right aileron but was…
- [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 BFO88LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA006.md): Cessna U-206 · Front Royal, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 1987 · N756KP · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The aircraft was involved in a midair collision with N756KP, a Cessna U206 aircraft, while both aircraft were on the final approach to runway 27 at the uncontrolled Front Royal, VA airport. Excellent VFR weather prevailed with 15 miles visibility reported.…
- [NTSB SEA87FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA180.md): Cessna U206G II · Yakutat, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1987 · N756PS · Destroyed
  > Acft was observed to depart from controlled flight while in a steep left turn at slow speed and low altitude, impacting on a river sand bar. Fire ensued, demolishing acft. Following heavy rains, river rose and acft not recovered.
- [NTSB FTW87FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA206.md): Cessna U206G · Lissie, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1987 · N4745U · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > The Piper aircraft, N1038U, departed from runway 32 at the municipal airport, wharton, Texas, on a northbound flight, about two minutes after the Cessna aircraft, N4745U. About 10 minutes later the two aircraft experienced a mid-air collision about 16…
- [NTSB FTW87FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA190.md): Cessna 206G · Georgetown, TX · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1987 · N8873Q · Substantial damage
  > Teardown of the aircraft engine revealed that the engine counterweight vibration damper assembly was out of tolerance. This allowed excessive engine vibration which resulted in failure of the camshaft drive gear and total engine failure. The pilot executed a…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  AND 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'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073356&year=1987

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