# NTSB SEA86LA048: Cessna 206, N8785Q, Wenatchee, WA, January 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1986, 22:00 local (Jan 25, 1986, 06:00 UTC)
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Coordinates: 45.800102, -122.479042 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8001&lon=-122.4790&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40349
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40349/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA048

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snow covered (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8785Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8785Q-2011-07-05), registration cancelled 2011-07-05, S/N U20603537 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603537
- Airframe hours: 2750
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860124012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860124012149A), Jan 24, 1986: Cessna TU206G, Wenatchee, WA, Substantial damage. Diverted to airport due to fog at proposed destination. Nose wheel broke through crusted snow, flipped.

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

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