- Date
- September 15, 1982, 16:03 local (22:03 UTC)
- Place
- Kemmerer, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8317QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820915046659A
- Case key
- 71240
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft lost power after takeoff in a large field. During the landing roll, the aircraft crossed a dirt road that crossed the field, the nose gear failed and the aircraft nosed over. A section of aluminum from the air induction box was missing. Aluminum was found in the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8317Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603178
- Airframe hours
- 1,461
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F-9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Express Corporation
- Registered owner
- Fbn Leasing Corporation
- Departed
- EMM · Kemmerer, WY
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EMM · Kemmerer Municipal
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,524 total · 257 in this make and model · 1,415 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RKS, 78 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.