- Date
- October 20, 1983, 06:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N756DVCessna U206G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831020054889A
- Case key
- 21186
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Analysis
The plt took off to check the wx & intended to proceed on a business flt, if conditions permitted. After taking off, he noted that the wx would not be satisfactory, so he elected to land & travel by other means. His apch to land was high & the acft touched down fast & long. The plt was unable to stop on the wet rwy. The acft went off the end of the rwy, hit a ditch & nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756DV
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604016
- Airframe hours
- 774
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas D. Wiman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 16, 1983 · 137 hours before
- Airport
- MDD · Midland, runway 16, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 419 total · 419 in this make and model · 361 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 8 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.