- Date
- August 31, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Katy, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8641QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820831045029A
- Case key
- 71231
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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
During arrival, the pilot initiated his landing with a quartering tail wind at 4 gusting to 8 knots. While landing, he realized his airspeed was too high and he elected to go around. During the maneuver, the tail of the aircraft collided with a power line at the end of the strip and the plane crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8641Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20603461
- Airframe hours
- 654
- Engine
- Continental I0-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas A. Freeman
- Registered owner
- Douglas A. Freeman
- Departed
- 83T · Lexington, TX
- Destination
- Katy, TX
- Airport
- 60T · Katy, runway 27, 1,200 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 654 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 190 °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.