# NTSB CHI83LA242: Cessna 206A, N9465Z, St. Cloud, MN, June 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 6, 1983, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: St. Cloud, MN
- Location: 45.5462° N, 94.0594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLOUD SKY CENTRAL (STC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5462&lon=-94.0594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12198
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA242
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12198/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA242

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED DURING A HARD LANDING AND NOSED OVER. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THERE WAS A CROSSWIND ON RWY 31 WHICH WASTHE ACTIVE RWY. THE WIND WAS 290 DEGREES AT 11 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 19 KTS. AFTER 2 BOUNCES DURING WHICH THE ACFT MOVED ABOUT 20-25 FT TO THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WENT OFF THE RWY AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9465Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 94652
- Airframe hours: 440
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bullseye Golf Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ANE, BLAINE, MN
- Airport: STC, St. Cloud, runway 31, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 290 total, 263 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830606022499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830606022499A), Jun 6, 1983: Cessna 206CESSNA, St Cloud, MN, Substantial damage. Allowed gusty quartering nose wind to bounce aircraft sideways on landing. Ran off runway and flipped over.

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.

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