# NTSB SEA06TA118: Cessna 206H, N8210G, Aurora, OR, May 30, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report - Date: May 30, 2006, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Aurora, OR - Coordinates: 45.246944, -122.769996 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2469&lon=-122.7700&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 63912 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06TA118 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63912/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06TA118 ## Probable cause The failure of both the pilot of the aircraft traveling on a taxi lane and the operator of the automobile driving on a taxi lane to maintain an adequate visual lookout and their failure to see and avoid one another. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - object - vehicle - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause) ## Analysis At the conclusion of a local orientation flight the aircraft was taxiing from the active runway to a hangar facility adjacent to the taxiway when a collision occurred between the aircraft and a moving vehicle on a taxi lane. The aircraft was on a privately owned taxi lane utilized by taxiing aircraft and ground vehicles. Both vehicles were moving at the time of the collision. The general aviation airport does not have an operating air traffic control tower. ## Factual narrative On May 30, 2006, about 1430 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 206H, N8210G, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a ground collision with an automobile at the Aurora State Airport, Aurora, Oregon. The commercial pilot and passengers aboard the airplane were not injured; the driver of the automobile, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was not injured. The airplane is registered to National Aircraft Leasing Corporation of Greenville, Delaware, and was being operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Public Use Aircraft when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight. In a written report dated July 6, the pilot reported that he, the pilot rated passenger seated in the co-pilot's seat and a second passenger seated in a rear seat had just completed a local familiarization flight and were taxiing from the active runway (17) to a hangar facility when the collision occurred. The pilot stated "we were moving down the taxiway about to enter our hangar area, moving at about a fast walk and crossing a narrow inner taxiway perpendicular to us when the aircraft crunched to a sudden stop. Out the left side window of the aircraft I saw a small black sportscar dart from under the prop moving to my left, gushing fluid." The pilot initially believed the gushing fuel was fuel. He reported that after the collision he secured the engine and he and the passengers exited the aircraft. In a written report to the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), dated June 16, the diver of the automobile reported that he was northbound on the tarmac at "5-10 mph" when an aircraft, that was traveling eastbound on Aviation Way NE, collided with the left side of his car. The Aurora State Airport (KUAO) is a general aviation airport owned by the state of Oregon. The airport does not have an operating air traffic control tower. The collision occurred on a privately owned taxi lane utilized by taxiing aircraft and ground vehicles. ## Aircraft - Registration: N8210G (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Cessna 206H - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20608210 - Airframe hours: 436 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Public aircraft - federal, Public use - Operator: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Registered owner: National Aircraft Leasing Corp - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2006, 64 hours before - Departed: AUO, Aurora, OR - Destination: Aurora, OR - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: 3S2, Aurora State ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 6,300 total, 6,200 in this make and model, 4,950 as pilot in command, 90 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn - Wind: 250° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.11 inHg - Observed at: KUAO ## 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 20060530020289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060530020289A), May 30, 2006: Cessna 206H, Aurora, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was a public use aircraft operated by the fbi which conducted the accident investigation under its jurisdiction. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.