# NTSB FTW82DA359: Cessna U206F, N8641Q, Katy, TX, August 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Katy, TX
- Coordinates: 29.520555, -96.21981 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5206&lon=-96.2198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71231
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA359
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71231/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA359

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8641Q-2019-03-25), registration cancelled 2019-03-25, S/N U20603461, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20603461
- Airframe hours: 654
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820831045029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820831045029A), Aug 31, 1982: Cessna U206F, Katy, TX, Destroyed. Pilot attempted go around after downwind approach. Aircraft collided with wires and crashed.

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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