# Incident 19960720023199I: Cessna P206, Mystic Lake, MT, July 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1996, 08:00 local time
- Place: Mystic Lake, MT
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2664X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2664X-1998-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,175 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960720023199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 20, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800, A CESSNA 206, OPERATED BY MR. DONALD KINNEY, WAS ON A SCENIC FLIGHT FROM RED LODGE, MONTANA, WITH INTENTIONS TO RETURN TO RED LODGE. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT THREE MINUTES AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 11,200 FEET. THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED 400 TO 500 RPM. THE PILOT TURNED TO RETURN TO RED LODGE. AFTER THE TURN THE PROP RPM WENT TO OVER 3000 RPM AND PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL RPM. PILOT PULLED MANIFOLD PRESSURE BACK. OIL TEMPERATURE STARTED TO RISE AND OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO DECREASE. SHORTLY AFTER OIL TEMP MADE A RAPID RISE AND OIL PRESSURE MADE A RAPID DECREASE. PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SWITCH BACK RANCH, BETWEEN ROSCO AND LUTHER IN A HAY FIELD. THEY LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME. M&D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED AFTER ENGINE TEAR DOWN. MECHANIC TO ASSIST MR. FRANK FELKY.

## Other reports on N2664X (1)

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

- [Accident 19971207037392A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971207037392A), Dec 7, 1997: Cessna P206A (N2664X), Bozeman, MT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft collided in mid air with N693SB, acft was destroyed 2 POB suffered fatal inj, Bozeman, MT. (.4)a witness observed an aircraft performing aerobatics near…

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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