# Incident 20170719014609I: Cessna P206, North Belleport, NY, July 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: North Belleport, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7868° N, 72.9457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bellport, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7868&lon=-72.9457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2608X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2608X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170719014609I

## Narrative

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

UPON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 24 AT KHWV THE PILOT IN COMMMAND (PIC) NOTICED THAT POWER CHANGES WITH THE THROTTLE WERE NO LONGER EFFECTIVE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER ABOUT 3-4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE SLOWLY STARTED TO DECREASE POWER. THE PIC BEGAN TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BUT AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TURN REALIZED HE HAD TO LITTLE POWER TO CONTINUE FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT. THE PIC  ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO THE WESTBOUND LANES OF SUNRISE HIGHYWAY JUST PRIOR TO EXIT 57. HE MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING UNDER IDLE POWER AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRPORT AFTER PULLING OFF TO THE SHOULDER.  ENGINE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

## Other reports on N2608X (1)

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

- [Incident 19990429019719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990429019719I), Apr 29, 1999: Cessna P206 (N2608X), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. On 4/29/99 at approx. 1500 hrs. Long Beach FSDO was advised by lgb tower of an incident at the airport. Inspectors r. woods and k. brock arrived at 1525. The…

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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