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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna U206A · Ekalaka, MT · April 27, 1998

Date
April 27, 1998 · 17:58 local
Place
Ekalaka, MT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
N3SA
Aircraft
N4879F
Reported as
Cessna U206A
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
810 total73 in this make and model13 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.

2 Bumps ata cruise loud bang. Landed in pasture tear down indicated counter weight failure.

As the FAA filed it

2 BUMPS ATA CRUISE LOUD BANG. LANDED IN PASTURE TEAR DOWN INDICATED COUNTER WEIGHT FAILURE.