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FAA incident report · Cessna P206 · Hitchcock, TX · October 24, 2014

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Date
October 24, 2014 · 08:15 local
Place
Hitchcock, TX
Airport
Volk Field
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N2528X
Reported as
Cessna P206
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
410 total315 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days
N2528XRegistered now · Cessna P206S/N P206-0028 · Built 1964Airframe modelCessna P206Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Just northwest of Volk Field (37TE) engine came back to half power. Pilot applied full power, no response. Retarded throttle, throttle cable came out. At that point the pilot declared an emergency. I90 TRACON offered ellington (efd) or Volk Field, but neither was within range. Pilot landed in grass area adjacent to drainage ditch about one mile east of delaney road near fm 1765 in Hitchcock, TX. No injuries or damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

JUST NORTHWEST OF VOLK FIELD (37TE) ENGINE CAME BACK TO HALF POWER. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, NO RESPONSE. RETARDED THROTTLE, THROTTLE CABLE CAME OUT. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. I90 TRACON OFFERED ELLINGTON (EFD) OR VOLK FIELD, BUT NEITHER WAS WITHIN RANGE. PILOT LANDED IN GRASS AREA ADJACENT TO DRAINAGE DITCH ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF DELANEY ROAD NEAR FM 1765 IN HITCHCOCK, TX. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.