# NTSB NYC86LA003: Cessna C206, N9861Z, West Dover, VT, October 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1985, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: West Dover, VT
- Location: 42.9392° N, 72.8529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Dover, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9392&lon=-72.8529&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30241/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA003

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, landing
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9861Z), registered now, S/N U20606708, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6708
- Airframe hours: 167
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851006049189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851006049189A), Oct 6, 1985: Cessna TU206G, West Dover, VT, Substantial damage. Strong quartering tailwind drifted aircraft off side of runway. Landed on golf course and nosed over.

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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