Cessna 206-F N35919

Summary

On 1 April 1982 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 206-F registered N35919, operated by Howard Zanders, was involved in an accident near Winters, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 April 1982 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Winters, California, United States

Nearest airport

Yolo County (2Q3)

Coordinates

38.5593, -121.9903

Aircraft

Cessna 206-F

Registration

N35919

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Howard Zanders

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Winters → Sacramento

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA126

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER TAKEOFF AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED THROUGH 550 FEET AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND LAND ON A TAXIWAY BUT LANDED IN A SOFT AREA NEAR IT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS THE TAXIWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL CAP ON THE RIGHT WING WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED AND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. IN ADDITION THE AIRCRAFT HAD SAT OUT IN SEVERAL SEVERE RAINSTORMS FOR OVER A PERIOD OF A MONTH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.