- Date
- February 2, 1982, 17:05 local (Feb 3, 1982, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756GFCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71777
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he encountered a freak gust of wind during the landing. The plane touched down on the right side of the runway in an area of soft terrain. The aircraft veered farther to the right and continued into an earthen drainage ditch. The ditch was 12 to 15 feet deep and ran parallel to the runway.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756GF
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604074
- Airframe hours
- 501
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. Sparks
- Registered owner
- David L. Sparks
- Departed
- Moses Lake, WA
- Destination
- Moses Lake, WA
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 27, 2,000 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 900 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWH, 8 nm away