- Date
- June 1, 1989, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Flushing, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8535QCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890601013949A
- Case key
- 14361
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Probable cause
Pilot's inadequate aircraft control during the aborted takeoff attempt, and the aircraft's resultant collision with trees. The wet runway was a factor in the lack of normal braking action.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - runway
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Aircraft control - inadequateCause
Planning/decision - inadequate
Overrun
Terrain condition - grass
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Cause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8535Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603391
- Airframe hours
- 1,510
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- C. A. Adkins Construction Co.
- Registered owner
- C.A. Adkins Construction Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1988 · 117 hours before
- Departed
- 3DA · Flushing, MI
- Destination
- PTK · Pantiac, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3DA · Dalton, runway 18, 2,515 × 150 ft, asphalt
N8535QRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna U206FAirframe modelCessna U206FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 111 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNI, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.