# NTSB MIA83LA201: Cessna 206, N5140U, Plymouth, FL, August 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1983, 09:16 local (13:16 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, FL
- Location: 28.6954° N, 81.5918° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from ORLANDO APOPKA (X04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6954&lon=-81.5918&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30927
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30927/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA201

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
- Forced landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - landing gear,main gear - separation
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5140U-2000-08-11), registration cancelled 2000-08-11, S/N 2060140 (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: 2060140
- Airframe hours: 3695
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830812044949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830812044949A), Aug 12, 1983: Cessna 206CESSNA, Plymouth, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit at 300 ft on takeoff. Struck a tractor landingon nearby ag strip. Water in bladder fuel tank wrinkles.

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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