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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206F · Hazen, ND · May 29, 2010

Date
May 29, 2010 · 15:48 local
Place
Hazen, ND
Airport
Mercer Co Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N33174
Reported as
Cessna U206F
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Airman was enroute to hze airport at 6000 feet. The airman stated that he was then cleared from 6000 feet to decend to 5000 feet for the instrument approach to hze when he noticed that the engine did not sound right. The airman stated that he started to loose airspeed and noticed the lack of response when applying additional throttle. The airman advised ATC of the loss of power. The aircraft descended through IMC and broke out in VFR conditions at approximately 1800 feet AGL. The airman stated that he saw two gravel roads ahead. He then ligned up with the road closer to his flight path to land on. The aircraft touched down and came to a stop on the road and came to a stop on an unimproved trail without damage to the aircraft. No injuries were reported. Subsequent inspection of the aircraft: it was determined that the throttle cable was properly installed but had broken at the swaged tip without signs of noticeable damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS ENROUTE TO HZE AIRPORT AT 6000 FEET. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS THEN CLEARED FROM 6000 FEET TO DECEND TO 5000 FEET FOR THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO HZE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT SOUND RIGHT. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE STARTED TO LOOSE AIRSPEED AND NOTICED THE LACK OF RESPONSE WHEN APPLYING ADDITIONAL THROTTLE. THE AIRMAN ADVISED ATC OF THE LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THROUGH IMC AND BROKE OUT IN VFR CONDITIONS AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET AGL. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE SAW TWO GRAVEL ROADS AHEAD. HE THEN LIGNED UP WITH THE ROAD CLOSER TO HIS FLIGHT PATH TO LAND ON. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE ROAD AND CAME TO A STOP ON AN UNIMPROVED TRAIL WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT: IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS PROPERLY INSTALLED BUT HAD BROKEN AT THE SWAGED TIP WITHOUT SIGNS OF NOTICEABLE DAMAGE.