# NTSB CHI87LA134: Cessna U206C, N3970G, Grand Rapids, MN, May 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1987, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Coordinates: 47.220729, -93.520957 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2207&lon=-93.5210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13769
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13769/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA134

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG A WATER LNDG, THE LEFT FLOAT DUG IN & CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE THE WATER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT DID NOT RPRT ANY ABNORMAL WIND OR WATER CONDITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3970G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3970G), registered now, S/N U206-0970, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4206-0970
- Airframe hours: 3124
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack Hazen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 15, 1987, 15 hours before
- Departed: PRAIRIE LAKE, MN
- Destination: GPZ
- Airport: BPZ, Grand Rapids Itasca Co

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 28,470 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 28,000 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GPZ, 1 nm away

## Other investigations on N3970G (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 CEN09CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA321), May 25, 2009: Cessna U206C (N3970G), Brainerd, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing in gusty winds.

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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