# NTSB DEN83FA183: Cessna TU206G, N318MV, Lander, WY, August 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1983, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Lander, WY
- Coordinates: 42.829292, -108.71939 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8293&lon=-108.7194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83FA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15997/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
  - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
- On ground/water collision with object, other
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING A LANDING WITH FULL FLAPS, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, THEN 'FLOATED' BACK INTO THE AIR ABOUT 5 FT. HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND & APPLIED FULL POWER. THE ACFT THEN PITCHED UP & TO THE LEFT & BEGAN TO TRAVEL TO THE LEFT. THE PLT CONTROLLED THE ROLL WITH RUDDER, BUT FAILED TO LOWER THE NOSE, ALTHOUGH ELECTRIC TRIM WAS USED. HE RAISED THE FLAPS 10 DEG, THEN LOWERED THIM AGAIN WHEN HE THOUGHT HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO LOW. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STALLED & CRASHED, LEFT OF THE RWY. AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND, THE ACFT SLID INTO A UTILITY POLE, LAYING ON THE GROUND, & A PARKED TRACTOR-TRAILER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N318MV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318MV-1983-11-15), registration cancelled 1983-11-15, S/N U20604567, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 720604567
- Airframe hours: 716
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Brent G. Bills
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 2, 1983, 24 hours before
- Airport: LND, Hunt Field, runway 3, 5,100 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 536 total, 44 in this make and model, 480 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: NWS, 25 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 19830806039219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039219A), Aug 6, 1983: Cessna TU206G, Lander, WY, Substantial damage. Ballooned after touchdown then stalled on a nose high go around. Struck a telephone pole and a tractor trailer.

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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