- Date
- May 22, 1983, 10:12 local (17:12 UTC)
- Place
- South Prairie, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3852GCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830522020339A
- Case key
- 39611
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
Witnesses observed the touchdown about 1,800 ft down the 2,600 ft strip. After bouncing twice, & about 2,000 ft down therwy, power was applied for a go-around. During the climbout the acft turned left toward higher trees. The flaps were described as being in a landing configuration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3852G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0852
- Airframe hours
- 3,564
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flying Signaleers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1982 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- S44 · Spanaway, WA
- Airport
- Cawley Private, runway 16, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 12 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.