Accident Cessna 206-F N35919, Thursday 1 April 1982

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Date:	Thursday 1 April 1982
Time:	16:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 206-F
Owner/operator:	Howard Zanders
Registration:	N35919
MSN:	U20602799
Year of manufacture:	1975
Total airframe hrs:	1843 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520-F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Winters, CA - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Winters, CA (2Q3)
Destination airport:	Sacramento, CA
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

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