# Accident 19990530043399A: Cessna P206B, Morristown, NJ, May 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1999, 17:42 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5706° N, 74.4626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5706&lon=-74.4626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4724F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4724F-2000-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206B (registry code 2073309, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 663 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990530043399A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE CESSNA 206 WAS ON A SHALLOW CRUISE DESCENT, WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE OPERATING OVER A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AN ONBOARD WITNESS REPORTED THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE TWICE, AND AFTER EACH RESTART THE ENGINE RAN FOR A FEW SECONDS AND QUIT AGAIN.  DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TREES AND THE ENGINE/FIREWALL/INSTRUMENT PANEL SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE FUEL LINES SEPARATED, AND SEVERAL OF THE PASSENGERS WERE BURNED.  THE REMAINDER OF THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS INTACT.  FUEL WAS FOUND IN BOTH WING TANKS, AND IN ALL LINES FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL.  WHEN THE ENGINE WAS PLACED IN A TEST CELL IT PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY.  THE DAY WAS WARM WITH AN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 90 F, AND A DEWPOINT OF 52 F.  RADAR DATA REVEALED THE AIRSPEED WAS CONSTANT ABOUT 125 KNOTS, AND AS THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED THROUGH 1,500 FEET, THE AIRSPEED DECREASED TO A LOW OF ABOUT 63 KNOTS.  JUST PRIOR TO LOSS OF RADAR CONTACT, THE AIRSPEED HAD INCREASED BACK TO ABOUT 100 KNOTS.                               (-23)A/C WAS APPROX. 12 MILES S/W OF MMU.  REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEM A/C IMPACTED TREE AND CAME TO REST IN BAKCYARD OF HOME AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^    ^PRIVA^ WITNESSES STATED PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ENGINE BEFORE IMPACTING TREE ENGINE WAS NOT OPERATING AT TIME OF IMPACT.

## 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 NYC99FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA130), May 30, 1999: Cessna P206B (N4724F), Piscataway, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: was a power loss for undetermined reason(s) while operating over unsuitable terrain.

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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