- Date
- March 31, 1986, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tecumseh, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3855GCessna U-206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331016099A
- Case key
- 13281
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with terrain following a landing on rwy 18. According to the plt, a gust of wind lifted the right wing of the acft during roll out. The propeller then struck the ground and the acft rocked back onto the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3855G
- Reported as
- Cessna U-206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0855
- Airframe hours
- 4,486
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne R. Mckalpain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- DET · Detroit, MI
- Airport
- 3TE · Al Meyers, runway 18, 2,650 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,074 total · 22 in this make and model · 891 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3855G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.