# NTSB DEN84LA147: Cessna TU206F, N222LS, Strasburg, CO, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1984, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Strasburg, CO
- Coordinates: 39.730049, -104.300895 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7300&lon=-104.3009&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: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16378
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16378/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA147

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command
  - fuel system,tank - inadequate (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate airframe, manufacturer (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING THE TAKEOFF PHASE OF A TOUCH-&-GO, THE ENG QUIT ABOUT 100 FT AGL. THE PLT LANDED BACK ON THE RWY BUT THE ACFT RAN-OFF THE END COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. EVIDENCE OF WATER CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM. 1/2 OF LIQUID DRAINED FROM MAIN FUEL STRAINER WAS WATER. THE BLADDER FUEL CELLS HAD RIDGES FROM 1/2 TO 1-1/2 INCHES HIGH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N222LS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222LS), registered now, S/N U206-01751, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (registry code 2073353) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7206-01751
- Airframe hours: 4598
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen Buckles
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 22, 1983, 74 hours before
- Airport: 3C06, Strasburg, runway 17, 3,000 × 50 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 577 total, 93 in this make and model, 457 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840512018029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512018029A), May 12, 1984: Cessna TU206F, Strasburg, CO, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed on departure end of runway and ran into soft ground. Water in fuel bladder wrinkles.

## Other investigations on N222LS (1)

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 FTW80IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80IA017), Nov 19, 1979: Cessna U206 (N222LS), Centerville, TX, incident, no 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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