# NTSB SEA82DA024: Cessna U206G, N756GF, Moses Lake, WA, February 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1982, 17:05 local (Feb 3, 1982, 01:05 UTC)
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Coordinates: 47.190444, -119.300086 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1904&lon=-119.3001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71777
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71777/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA024

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756GF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756GF), registered now, S/N U20604074, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604074
- Airframe hours: 501
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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

## 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 19820202003499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820202003499A), Feb 2, 1982: Cessna U206G, Moses Lake, WA, Substantial damage. Landed on soft shoulder of Private sod strip. Lost control, ran into a ditch.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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