# NTSB MKC90LA125: Cessna 205, N8469Z, Jonesburg, MO, June 10, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1990, 21:30 local (Jun 10, 1990, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Jonesburg, MO
- Coordinates: 38.850421, -91.299736 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8504&lon=-91.2997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC90LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34996/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA125

## Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMANDS FAILURE TO ATTAIN A TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN TOUCHDOWN TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND A NOSE OVER IN SOFT TERRAIN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND BY USE OF VEHICLE LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN SOFT TERRAIN TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8469Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8469Z-1991-02-12), registration cancelled 1991-02-12, S/N 2050469 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2050469
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-S 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Blue Sky Assets, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 6M3, Adventures Aloft, runway 36, 2,100 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,267 total, 13 in this make and model, 914 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: STL, 50 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 19900609019889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900609019889A), Jun 9, 1990: Cessna 2105, Jonesburg, MO, Substantial damage. After dropping sky divers tried to land on unlighted strip. Got off side and nosed over in soft terrain.

## Other investigations on N8469Z (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN68F0169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68F0169), Dec 13, 1967: Cessna 210 (N8469Z), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage

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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