- Date
- October 7, 1982, 07:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6169ZCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821007051699A
- Case key
- 72411
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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 was being used for transportation to an oil drilling sight. A 1300 ft portion of a road near the sight was being used as a landing strip. The pilot reported that after the plane touched down and was rolling, it came to a dog leg in the road. He elected to go around. However, after becoming airborne, the plane settled back to the ground. The wheels then hit sagebrush and the aircraft nosed over. The elevation of the landing area was about 6300 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6169Z
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606172
- Airframe hours
- 443
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cowboy Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cowboy Air Service, Inc.
- Departed
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Destination
- Oil Well Site, WY
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Oil Well Site, runway 16, 1,300 × 20 ft, dirt
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 936 total · 42 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 132 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 97 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RKS, 30 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.
Other investigations on N6169Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.