# NTSB MKC83LA208: Cessna TU206G, N9583Z, Indianola, IA, August 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Indianola, IA
- Coordinates: 42.520774, -93.260772 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5208&lon=-93.2608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33481/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA208

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - physical impairment(stroke), pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK DURING LANDING. THE FLT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS-COUNTRY AND THE WIFE OF THE PILOT WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE ACFT SAID HER HUSBAND FROZE ON THE CONTROLS AND MADE NO ATTEMPT TO STOPTHE ACFT AFTER LANDING. THE PILOT HAD SUFFERED A SEVERE STROKE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9583Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9583Z-2011-11-21), registration cancelled 2011-11-21, S/N U20606553, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: V20606533
- Airframe hours: 85
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TS10-520-M 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold E. Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 15, 1983, 72 hours before
- Departed: BDE, BAUDETTE, MN
- Destination: OY5, INDIANOLA, IA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: OY5, Nash Field, runway 18, 2,215 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 80; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,075 total, 610 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F

## 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 19830830049699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830830049699A), Aug 30, 1983: Cessna TU206G, Indianola, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot suffered a stroke on the landing roll. Aircraft continued off end of runway into a ditch.

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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