# Accident 20151003018459A: Cessna TU206G, Fall City, WA, October 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2015, 18:20 local time
- Place: Fall City, WA
- Airport: Fall City, Wa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5594° N, 121.8636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5594&lon=-121.8636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206HL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206HL-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL UNKNOWN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 260 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151003018459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HILLSBORO, OR, OVER BOEING FIELD IFR, EASTBOUND  TOWARD FALL CITY, WA.  THE PILOT CANCELLED IFR APPROX 10 MILES EAST OF BOEING, AND WAS PROCEEDING TO FALL CITY. AT SOME POINT THE ENGINE FALTERED AND STOPPED ACCORDING TO EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS, AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A SMALL CLEARING APPROX TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF FALL CITY AIRPORT.  THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND SERIOUSLY INJURED THE PILOT.  FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTED THE PILOT FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL.

## 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 WPR16LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA003), Oct 3, 2015: Cessna TU206G (N206HL), Fall City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with the ground short of the runway for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

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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