# NTSB MIA82FKA05: Cessna 206, N5151U, Saint Croix, January 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1982, 06:10 local (10:10 UTC)
- Place: Saint Croix
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82FKA05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72458/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FKA05

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle
  - control tower service - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - control tower service - not possible, driver of vehicle (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - airport operations - inadequate, airport personnel (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT LANDED DURING DARKNESS BEFORE CONTROL TOWER HAD OPENED. WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP, AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY AN AMBULANCE AS AIRCRAFT WAS CROSSING PARALLEL TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO FLAMES, AND AMBULANCE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE FLAMES, COMING TO A STOP 150 FEET BEYOND AIRCRAFT. AMBULANCE WAS ON A TEST DRIVE ON PARALLEL TAXIWAY,TRAVELING 45 TO 50 MPH WHICH EXCEEDED AIRPORT LIMIT OF 20 MPH. A FIREFIGHTER TRIED TO WARN DRIVER OF AMBULANCE BY RADIO BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. DRIVER STATED HE DID NOT SEE AIRCRAFT NOR DID HE SEE ANY LIGHTS ON AIRCRAFT. WITNESS REPORTED SEEING AIRCRAFT WITH NAVIGATION LIGHTS, LANDING LIGHT AND ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT ON. DRIVER REFUSED BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5151U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5151U-1982-12-10), registration cancelled 1982-12-10, S/N 206-0151 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: C2060151
- Airframe hours: 2884
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: James R Adams
- Registered owner: Step II, Incorporated
- Departed: STX, SAN JUAN, PR
- Destination: SAINT CROIX
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: STX, Alexander Hamilton, runway 9, 7,612 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,800 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 70° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °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 19820104000279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820104000279A), Jan 4, 1982: Cessna 206CESSNA, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Destroyed. Pilot was taxiing to ramp after landing. Was struck by speeding ground vehicle at a taxiway intersection.

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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