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| Date: | Friday 9 November 2001 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206 |
| Owner/operator: | Millard Co Sheriff |
| Registration: | N9582G |
| MSN: | U206-01782 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4879 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO520-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Casper, Wyoming -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Fillmore, UT (U19) |
| Minot International Airport, ND (MOT/KMOT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, during his cross-country flight, the attitude indicator and directional gyro failed. The pilot suspected the vacuum pump had failed and made a precautionary landing. The pilot made a hard landing, separating the nose landing gear from the airplane. The airplane also sustained damage to the firewall and the outboard 2 feet of the right wing. The winds at the time of the accident were 220 degrees at 21 knots gusting to 28 knots.
Probable Cause: failure to maintain aircraft control during landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind and gusting wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN02TA011
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 16:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 30-May-2023 02:53 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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