- Date
- April 1, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Winters, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35919Cessna 206-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820401024509A
- Case key
- 73078
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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
After takeoff as the aircraft climbed through 550 feet AGL the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to turn the aircraft around and land on a taxiway but landed in a soft area near it. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft slid across the taxiway and came to a stop. Investigation revealed the fuel cap on the right wing was not properly secured and a considerable amount of fuel in the right fuel tank. In addition the aircraft had sat out in several severe rainstorms for over a period of a month.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35919
- Reported as
- Cessna 206-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602799
- Airframe hours
- 1,843
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard Zanders
- Registered owner
- Howard Zanders
- Departed
- 2Q3 · Winters, CA
- Destination
- Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- 2Q3 · Yolo County, runway 16, 6,000 × 100 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17,096 total · 516 in this make and model · 9,999 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 140 °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.
Other investigations on N35919 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.