- Date
- January 11, 1980
- Place
- West Union, IA · WEST UNION, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N733WFCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800111000829A
- Case key
- 132233
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 80/1/11 WEST UNION,IA CESSNA U206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N733WF PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 19, 1433 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 291 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST UNION MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST UNION,IA BOONE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 15 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 39 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT SUSTAINED ADDITIONAL DMG WHEN WND BLEW IT OVR AFTER OCCUPANTS EXITED.WND GUSTING 42KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733WF
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Union Muni
N733WFRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Cessna U206GAirframe modelCessna U206GEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.