# NTSB DEN85LA201: Cessna U206, N9675G, Greystone, CO, July 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1985, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Greystone, CO
- Location: 40.6094° N, 108.6740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greystone, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6094&lon=-108.6740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16734/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA201

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s)
- Nose over, other

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A 7000 FT GRAVEL ROAD. THE TAKEOFF WAS BEING MADE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND THE PLT REPORTED WINDS WERE FROM 180 DEGS AT 10 KTS GUSTING TO 15 KTS. THE ACFT VEERED LEFT, CONTACTED A TREE AND NOSED OVER. IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WAS PIC OF THE ACFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9675G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9675G-1990-02-01), registration cancelled 1990-02-01, S/N U20601875 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20601875
- Airframe hours: 4100
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Howard Harding
- Registered owner: R. Robert Krissman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 27, 1985, 100 hours before
- Destination: VEL, VERNAL, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,550 total, 100 in this make and model, 1,450 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VEL, 48 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 19850726037489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850726037489A), Jul 26, 1985: Cessna U206F, Greystone, CO, Substantial damage. Insufficient flight control on early liftoff, downwind takeoff on gravel road. Drifted to side, wing struck a tree.

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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