- Date
- May 27, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Jo, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72279Cessna 206D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890527013359A
- Case key
- 22869
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to attempt to takeoff from a field that was not suitable for such purpose.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had landed the airplane in an unimproved field due to inclement weather. They remained on the ground for four and one half hours until the weather cleared. The pilot said he walked the terrain and had felt it was safe to make a takeoff. During the takeoff roll, he changed his mind and aborted the takeoff after the airplane was airborne. After aborting the takeoff, he moved the airplane to the left and kept the nosewheel off the ground as long as possible. When the nosewheel touched, it ran through a series of ruts in the surface, and the airplane flipped forward to the inverted position. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72279
- Reported as
- Cessna 206D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1349
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Rounds
- Registered owner
- Rounds, Michael T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Destination
- BKD · Breckenridge, TX
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.