# NTSB DEN82DA196: Cessna U206F, N8317Q, Kemmerer, WY, September 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1982, 16:03 local (22:03 UTC)
- Place: Kemmerer, WY
- Coordinates: 41.77983, -110.550819 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7798&lon=-110.5508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71240/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA196

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - failure,partial (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8317Q-2016-12-30), registration cancelled 2016-12-30, S/N U20603178, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- 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: U20603178
- Airframe hours: 1461
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820915046659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820915046659A), Sep 15, 1982: Cessna U206F, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Nosed over when nose wheel hit a ditch landing. Piece of aluminum from air duct in engine.

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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