- Date
- October 6, 1985, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- West Dover, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9861ZCessna C206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851006049189A
- Case key
- 30241
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Cessna aircraft, N9861Z overran runway 1, at West Dover, Vermont and landed on a golf course. The pilot stated that when the flight was about 50 feet above the runway and about 100 ft down the runway windshear was encountered, pulling the aircraft to the left side. A go around could not be accomplished so the landing was made on the golf course, causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9861Z
- Reported as
- Cessna C206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6708
- Airframe hours
- 167
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Silverman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 25, 1985 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- Caldwell, NJ
- Destination
- 4V8 · West Dover, VT
- Airport
- Mt. Snow, runway 10, 2,650 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,154 total · 104 in this make and model · 1,433 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 35,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 43 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.