# NTSB CHI86FEC03: Cessna U-206B, N3855G, Tecumseh, MI, March 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 31, 1986, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Tecumseh, MI
- Coordinates: 41.999416, -83.940269 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9994&lon=-83.9403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEC03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13281/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEC03

## 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
  - weather condition - gusts
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3855G), registered now, S/N U206-0855, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U-206B
- Registry model: [Cessna U206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (registry code 2073322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U206-0855
- Airframe hours: 4486
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860331016099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860331016099A), Mar 31, 1986: Cessna U206B, Tecumseh, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing roll. Both wing tips hit the ground.

## Other investigations on N3855G (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 CHI74FEC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC51), Jun 22, 1974: Cessna U206 (N3855G), Otisville, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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