- Date
- February 11, 1986, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3403LCessna U206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860211002609A
- Case key
- 7065
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Soon after departure the plt experienced a severe vibration throughout the acft. Eng pwr was retarded and the vibration subsided. The plt then noticed aileron control problems and noticed the left wing tip was moving up and down. An emergency landing was made in a field. Investigation revealed both ailerons had overtraveled and were bent. The left wing main structure was found fractured but had not separated. Line service personnel reported that the acft departed with one half inch of solid ice on the top surfaces of the wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3403L
- Reported as
- Cessna U206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0703
- Airframe hours
- 2,896
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph P. Mc Kee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1985 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- MIO · Columbia, TN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 366 in this make and model · 1,391 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.