# Accident 19940102000129A: Cessna TU206A, Williamsburg, VA, January 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1994, 22:23 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2250° N, 76.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2250&lon=-76.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N776P-1998-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206A (registry code 2073318, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,067 total, 365 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940102000129A

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSIONS FIRE AND POWER LOSS LANDED ON ROAD. SWALLOWED A VALVE. OIL PUMPED OVERBOARD. RODS FAILED LACKING OIL.

## 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 NYC94LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA045), Jan 3, 1994: Cessna 206A (N776P), Williamsburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: an exhaust valve failure that created a hole in the piston, which allowed the complete loss of engine oil, resulting in the subsequent forced landing.

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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