- Date
- August 12, 1983, 09:16 local (13:16 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5140UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830812044949A
- Case key
- 30927
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the previous week the acft had been outside & several heavy rainshowers occurred. Both the plt & the plt-rated passenger stated they drained the fuel tanks using a one-pound coffee can & did not notice any appreciable amount of water. After takeoff while climbing through 300 ft the eng quit. The plt turned toward an ag strip located 1 mi sw of the orlando north arpt. While crossing the threshold of the ag strip the acft struck a piece of farm machinery parked atthe end of the strip separating the gear from the acft. Water was found in the fuel manifold valve & the fuel injection controller. Draining of the left fuel reservoir revealed 2 qts of a mixture of 95% water & 5% fuel. Both drain plugs were extremely rusty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5140U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060140
- Airframe hours
- 3,695
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark S. Zarkovich
- Registered owner
- John N. Lietzke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1982 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando North, runway 15, 3,000 × 30 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 404 total · 20 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 22 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.