# NTSB NYC82FA060: Cessna U206G, N734KJ, Stratford, NH, March 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Stratford, NH
- Location: 44.6551° N, 71.5556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stratford, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6551&lon=-71.5556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72744
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72744/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA060

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - initiated, pilot in command
- Loss of control - in flight, circling (ifr)
  - wing - ice (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE PILOT RECEIVED A PARTIAL WEATHER BRIEFING BY TELEPHONE. HE WAS ADVISED OF REPORTED ICING CONDITIONS AND WAS TOLD THAT SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA CAUSING MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS. BEFORE TERMINATING THE CONVERSATION, THE PILOT REPORTEDLY SAID HE WOULD TRY TO FLY VFR, BUT IF UNABLE, HE WOULD RETURN. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS REPORTED THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WORSENED AFTER DEPARTING AND WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH HE REPORTED THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SNOW ABOUT 40 TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD, VERMONT AND WERE FORCED TO TURN BACK. HE STATED THE WEATHER CONDITIONS BECAME WORSE AS THEY WERE GOING NORTH, AND SNOW FORCED THEM TO CIRCLE AND LOOK FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING SPOT. ALSO, HE STATED THAT HEAVY ICING CAUSED A FULL THROTTLE STALL. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A WOODED AREA AND WAS DESTROYED. TWO PASSENGERS WERE RIDING IN BACK WITHOUT SEATS OR SEAT BELTS. ONE WAS KILLED. THE OTHER WAS THROWN CLEAR, AND SURVIVED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N734KJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734KJ-1982-12-11), registration cancelled 1982-12-11, S/N U20604844 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604844
- Airframe hours: 370
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F9 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Oliver W. Miller
- Registered owner: Oliver W. Miller
- Departed: BLOOMFIELD, VT
- Destination: LEBANON, NH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 27,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Observed at: LEB, 68 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 19820321008099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820321008099A), Mar 21, 1982: Cessna U206G, Stratford, NH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Departed into marginal VMC encountered heavy snow, icing. Lost control, stalled into trees. 2 occupants unsecured.

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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