# Accident 19900906039699A: Cessna U206, Lewiston, MT, September 6, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1990, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lewiston, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4638° N, 111.9864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewiston, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4638&lon=-111.9864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2107F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2107F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,553 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900906039699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK A POWER LINE WHILE DECENDING TO SEE OBJECT ON GROUND. FLEW TO ANOTHER AIRPORT AND TO BASE UNAWARE OF DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA90LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA181), Sep 6, 1990: Cessna U206 (N2107F), Lewistown, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE LOOKOUT WHILE MANEUVERING WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH A TRANSMISSION WIRE.

## Other reports on N2107F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850810045989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850810045989I), Aug 10, 1985: Cessna U206 (N2107F), Salmon, ID, Minor damage. Pilot pulled propeller through from back side and engine started. Mag switch on. Struck a parked aircraft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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