# NTSB DEN85LA070: Cessna 206, N29044, Cedar City, UT, January 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 25, 1985, 15:23 local (22:23 UTC)
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Location: 37.6775° N, 113.0619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6775&lon=-113.0619&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16629
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16629/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA070

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER CONTACTING A DITCH FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A LANDING ROLL. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER A SOFT TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY. REMEDIAL RUDDER PRESSURE AND BRAKING WAS ATTEMTED TO NO AVAIL. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY WHERE IT CONTACTED THE DITCH. THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE LEFT TIRE WHICH WAS REPLACED ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS FLAT. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE TIRE AND REPORTED THE TUBE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE RIM HALVES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29044](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29044-1991-04-23), registration cancelled 1991-04-23, S/N U2061030 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U-2061030
- Airframe hours: 1685
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Franklin O'Leary
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 22, 1984
- Departed: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: COC, Cedar City Muni, runway 20, 7,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 249 total, 181 in this make and model, 203 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CDC

## 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 19850125067669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850125067669A), Jan 25, 1985: Cessna U206C, Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage. Struck dirt embankment and flipped over after loss of directional control on landing. Tube pinched in left tire.

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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