- Date
- January 24, 1986, 22:00 local (Jan 25, 1986, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8785QCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860124012149A
- Case key
- 40349
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot diverted from his intended destination of pangborn field to a local private airstrip due to local fog. 8' of crusted snow was present on the runway and the aircraft nosed over on landing roll.
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow coveredCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8785Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603537
- Airframe hours
- 2,750
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richardson Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 30, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
- Airport
- 38WA · Fancher
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,211 total · 3,510 in this make and model · 15,060 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.