# Accident 20040913023349A: Cessna P206A, Clearwater, ID, September 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0239° N, 115.8894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0239&lon=-115.8894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4661F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4661F-2005-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,751 total, 330 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913023349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 PDT, THIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTH OF CLEARWATER, ID. AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED WEISER, ID FOLLOWING REFUELING AND WAS ENROUTE TO MOOSE CREEK, ID. PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS SOME NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND LOSS OF POWER, WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE ENGINE GAUGES, THE OIL PRESSURE WAS ZERO. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT FROM RISING TERRAIN AND HEADED FOR THE GRANGEVILLE, ID AIRPORT. A SHORT TIME LATER THE ENGINE RAN ROUGHER AND THEN QUIT WITH THE CRANKSHAFT SEIZING AND PROPELLER COMING TO STOP. THE PILOT SELECTED AN OPEN FIELD FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING AND UPON LANDING ON AN UPHILL SLOPE, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE SOIL AND BROKE OFF AT THE END OF THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 113 FEET FROM FIRSTPOINT OF IMPACT ON A MAGNETIC COURSE OF 160 DEGREES. NO POST CRASH FIRE AND ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS. ON SITE INSPECTION SHOWED ENGINE FAILURE INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE CONNECTING ROD AND ONE COUNTERWEIGHT BEING THROWN FROM THE ENGINE.

## 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 SEA04LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA189), Sep 13, 2004: Cessna P206A (N4661F), Clearwater, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fatigue crack propagation of the number three piston pin while in cruise flight, leading to a power off forced landing in an open field. Factors include soft uphill…

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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