# Incident 20000810025949I: Cessna P206C, Bessemer, AL, August 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8630Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8630Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206C (registry code 2073312, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000810025949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 10, 2000 A CESSNA 206, N8630Z OPERATED BY AIR CARRIERS, INC WAS ENROUTE FROM DOTHAN, ALABAMA TO BESSEMER, AL. THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS DESCENT TO 2000 FEET AND WAS APPROX. 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE BESSEMER AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING. HE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMPS AND TRIED TO START THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START AND HE LANDED THE A/C IN A RADIO CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT STRIP APPROX. ONE MILE WEST SOUTH WEST OF HELENA, AL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE A/C AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS BROKEN JUST ABOVE THE CABLE SUPPORT BRACKET.

## Other reports on N8630Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20250623007779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250623007779A), Jun 23, 2025: Cessna P206C (N8630Z), Port Graham, AK, Substantial damage. Flight from homer, AK to Port Graham, AK with pilot and 5 pax. Winds at Port Graham were approximately 5 knots from the northwest and pilot elected to land on…

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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