# NTSB CHI84LA029: Cessna U206G, N756DM, South Fox Isl., MI, October 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1983, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: South Fox Isl., MI
- Location: 45.4408° N, 85.8798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Fox Island, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4408&lon=-85.8798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12484/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MOUND ALONGSIDE THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE RWY IS 3500 FT LONG TURF STRIP WITH A 20 DEGREE DOGLEG 1500 FT FROM THE NORTH END. THERE IS A SMALL HILL RUNNING ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE RWY. THE GRASS RWY WAS WET AND THEACFT SLID SIDEWAYS. THE LEFT WING HIT THE HILLOCK BESIDE THE RWY AND DAMAGED THE WING NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756DM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756DM-2002-07-11), registration cancelled 2002-07-11, S/N U20604008, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U 20604008
- Airframe hours: 1170
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Erwin E. Gale
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 4, 1983, 84 hours before
- Departed: LDM, LUDINGTON, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 470 total, 350 in this make and model, 400 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 55 °F

## 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 19831016057669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831016057669A), Oct 16, 1983: Cessna U206G, South Fox Islan, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft slid on wet grass on bend in runway. The left wing hit a hillside adjacent to the runway.

## Other investigations on N756DM (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 CHI01LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA225), Jul 20, 2001: Cessna U206G (N756DM), Freemont, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The broken throttle cable during cruise flight and the pilot's inadequate flare during the forced landing attempt. Factors relating to this accident were the low airspeed during the forced landing…

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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