# NTSB DEN72DTC20: Cessna U206, N5210U, Rawlins, WY, March 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 6, 1972
- Place: Rawlins, WY · RAWLINS, WY
- Location: 41.7851° N, 107.2247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rawlins, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7851&lon=-107.2247&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165830
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72DTC20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72DTC20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0648   72/3/6    RAWLINS,WYO         CESSNA U206         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1118                    N5210U              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     AGE 31, 3137 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RAWLINS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RAWLINS,WYO                 CASPER,WYO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    14000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      54
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          220                                                       24
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 42K.GUST FLIPPED ACFT ON ITS BACK AS PLT ATMTD TO TURN INTO WIND FOR TKOF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5210U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5210U-2011-07-18), registration cancelled 2011-07-18, S/N 206-0210, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rawlins

## Other investigations on N5210U (2)

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 DEN71DXA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71DXA17), Feb 10, 1971: Cessna 206 (N5210U), Gillette, WY, substantial damage
- [NTSB SEA68D0306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0306), Apr 14, 1968: Cessna 206 (N5210U), Livingston, MT, substantial damage

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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