# NTSB DEN86LA048: Cessna TU-206G, N7418N, Denver, CO, December 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1985, 08:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place: Denver, CO
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA048

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller blast or jet exhaust/suction, taxi - from landing
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper decision, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

WHILE GND TAXIING TO A GENERAL AVIATION TERMINAL AFTER LDG, THE PILOT TAXIED BEHIND AND TURNED DOWNWIND INTO JET THRUST FROM A B737 ACFT AS IT WAS BEING TAXIED FROM A PASSENGER TERMINAL ENROUTE TO RWY FOR TAKEOFF. THE ACFT WAS BLOWN ONTO ITS NOSE AND RIGHT WING BY JET THRUST FROM THE B737 ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7418N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU-206G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603652
- Airframe hours: 918
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TS10 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rocky Mtn. Drilling & Blasting
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 1984, 192 hours before
- Departed: GWS, GLENWOOD SPNGS., CO
- Airport: DEN, Denver

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 373 total, 373 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DEN

## 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 19851218062979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851218062979A), Dec 18, 1985: Cessna TU206G, Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Taxied too close behind 737 leaving a gate and also turned tail towards jet while taxiing. Damaged wing and prop.

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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