# NTSB FTW86LA045: Cessna TU206F, N6633T, Goliad, TX, March 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 17, 1986, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Goliad, TX
- Coordinates: 28.660121, -97.390159 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6601&lon=-97.3902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA045

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - other person
- Fire, other

## Analysis

THE PILOT APPARENTLY FAILED TO PROPERLY RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING AND BROKE A LANDING GEAR WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT HIT AND FATALLY INJURED A PERSON ON THE GROUND. LOCAL AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE PERSONS BODY WAS THEN TRANSPORTED ABOUT FOUR MILES AND THROWN INTO THE RIVER AND THE AIRCRAFT DELIBERATELY BURNED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED BY ITS OWNER AS HAVING BEEN STOLEN ON 1/29/86.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6633T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602870
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Jim Webb

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

## 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 19860317014869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860317014869A), Mar 17, 1986: Cessna TU206F, Goliad, TX, Destroyed. Bounced, slid to stop on gravel road. Deliberately set on fire. Was stolen on 860119. Body, hit by prop, in river.

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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