46.1046° N, 123.2045° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Clatskanie, OR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 23, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Clatskanie, OR
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N524DR
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total75 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Zt smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Declared emergency and landed. Found defective fuel guage voltage supply unit.
As the FAA filed it
ZT SMOKE IN COCKPIT AFTER TAKEOFF. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. FOUND DEFECTIVE FUEL GUAGE VOLTAGE SUPPLY UNIT.