- Date
- November 9, 2001, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9582GCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20011109032039A
- Case key
- 53759
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Probable cause
failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind and gusting wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, during his cross-country flight, the attitude indicator and directional gyro failed. The pilot suspected the vacuum pump had failed and made a precautionary landing. The pilot made a hard landing, separating the nose landing gear from the airplane. The airplane also sustained damage to the firewall and the outboard 2 feet of the right wing. The winds at the time of the accident were 220 degrees at 21 knots gusting to 28 knots.
Factual narrative
On November 9, 2001, at approximately 1300 mountain standard time, a Cessna 206, N9582G, operated by Millard County Sheriff's Office, Millard County, Utah, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Natrona County International Airport (CPR), Casper, Wyoming. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for this cross-country flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91 Public Use. The flight originated from Fillmore, Utah, at approximately 1100.
According to the pilot, the airplane's attitude indicator and directional gyro failed while en route to Minot (MOT), North Dakota. The pilot suspected the vacuum pump had failed and made a precautionary landing in Casper. The pilot made a hard landing on runway 26, separating the nose landing gear from the airplane. The airplane also sustained damage to the firewall and the outboard 2 feet of the right wing. The winds at the time of the accident were 220 degrees at 21 knots gusting to 28 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9582G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20601782
- Airframe hours
- 4,879
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental TSIO520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Millard County Sheriff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2001 · 16.7 hours before
- Departed
- U19 · Fillmore, UT
- Destination
- MOT · Minot, ND
- Airport
- CPR · Natrona County International, runway 26, 8,679 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,720 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 21 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.35 inHg
- Observed at
- KCPR
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 N9582G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.