# Accident 20190703017489A: Cessna TU206F, Waikoloa Villag, HI, July 3, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2019, 10:31 local time
- Place: Waikoloa Villag, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.9111° N, 155.8125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.9111&lon=-155.8125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,185 total, 4 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190703017489A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM HONOLULU, HI TO CONDUCT AERIAL IMAGING AND SURVEYING OF A MILITARY RESTRICTED AREA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.  ROUGHLY 3 HOURS INTO FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE DROP.  ATTEMPTED TO FLY TO KONA AIRPORT WHEN ENGINE QUIT INFLIGHT.  PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON WAIKOLOA ROAD.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND CAUGHT A ROAD SIGN WITH THE RIGHT WING.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT VEERING OFF THE PAVED SURFACE AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR CREWMEMBER.

CREWMEMBER WAS ANOTHER PILOT FOR THE COMPANY AND WAS OPERATING THE IMAGING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. SELECTED OTHER AS THEY ARE NOT CABIN CREW.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE, A CRACK IN THE ENGINE CASE WAS DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE BASE OF THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER AND THE SPLIT SEAM OF THE CASE.  NTSB IS DECIDING WHETHER TO SHIP THE WHOLE ENGINE TO CONTINENTAL'S FACILITIES FOR TEARDOWN.

AIRCRAFT IS BEING DISMANTLED, PLACED IN SHIPPING CONTAINER, AND SHIPPED TO KALAELOA ON OAHU BEFORE THE ENGINE WORK IS COMPLETED.

## 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 WPR19LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA185), Jul 3, 2019: Cessna TU206 (N150SC), Waikoloa Village, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 4 connecting rod crankshaft end and cap.

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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