# Accident 20150803013579A: Cessna TU206G, Saint Ignatius, MT, August 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2015, 08:10 local time
- Place: Saint Ignatius, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3000° N, 114.1167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3000&lon=-114.1167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235HM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235HM-2020-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150803013579A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 3, 2015 AT ABOUT 0810AM LOCAL MDT (1510 UTC) WHEN N235HM, LOST POWER AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING STRIKING VEGETATION CAUSING THE PIC TO LOSE CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.   THE PIC SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO HIS LEG.

## 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 WPR15LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA229), Aug 3, 2015: Cessna TU206G (N235HM), Saint Ignatius, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to tighten a fuel line, which resulted in a loss of fuel pressure and a subsequent loss of engine power during cruise flight and an off-airport landing and collision…

## Other reports on N235HM (1)

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

- [Incident 19900422016159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900422016159I), Apr 22, 1990: Cessna TU206G (N235HM), Riverside, CA. Landing gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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