# NTSB SEA83LA021: Cessna U206, N8123G, Cove, OR, November 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1982, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Cove, OR
- Coordinates: 45.349178, -117.840934 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3492&lon=-117.8409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70363
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70363/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA021

## Analysis

PILOT LANDED ON ICY RUNWAY AND SLID 1200 FEET INTO THE RIVER.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8123G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8123G), registered now, S/N U20603770 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- 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: U20603770
- Airframe hours: 1526
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Levern Draper
- Registered owner: Russell Kilpatrick
- Departed: LA GRANDE, OR
- Destination: MINAM LODGE, OR
- Airport: Minam Lodge Private, runway 34, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,776 total, 362 in this make and model, 1,669 as pilot in command, 133 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Day

## 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 19821116066009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821116066009A), Nov 16, 1982: Cessna U206G, Cove, OR, Substantial damage. Aircraft had no braking on wet, icy, sod runway. Ran off end of runway into river.

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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