- Date
- June 14, 1989, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4769UCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890614015579A
- Case key
- 41033
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control as a result of gusting wind conditions.
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
During the landing roll, the airplane decelerated and the flaps were retracted. As the pilot turned off the runway onto a taxiway, a gust of wind picked the airplane up and turned it 90 degrees to the left. The pilot was unable to regain control as the airplane skidded across the ground and came to rest in a drainage ditch. Dust devils were reported in the vicinity of the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4769U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605093
- Airframe hours
- 2,999
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Lake Mead Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lake Mead Air Inc
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1989 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LAS · Mccarran Int., runway 19R, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,580 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,364 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.