# NTSB CHI89LA102: Cessna 206, N8535Q, Flushing, MI, June 1, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1989, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Flushing, MI
- Location: 43.0568° N, 83.8046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALTON (3DA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0568&lon=-83.8046&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 29, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14361/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA102

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - runway
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - aircraft control - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command
- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - grass
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - aborted
  - object - tree(s) (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8535Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8535Q-2013-05-14), registration cancelled 2013-05-14, S/N U20603391, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603391
- Airframe hours: 1510
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890601013949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890601013949A), Jun 1, 1989: Cessna U206F, Flushing, MI, Substantial damage. Beleived poor acceleration and aborted late. Unable to stop on wet runway. Ran off end into trees. No defects noted

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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