# Accident 20260611007489A: Cessna T206H, Bryant, AR, June 11, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2026, 12:23 local time
- Place: Bryant, AR
- Airport: Saline County Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5757° N, 92.4930° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5757&lon=-92.4930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72RK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72RK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,774 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260611007489A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 11, 2026, AT OR ABOUT 17:27Z, A CESSNA T206 EXPERIENCED PARTIAL POWER FAILURE DURING DESCENT TO PINE BLUFF REGIONAL AIRPORT (KPBF) WHILE APPROXIMATELY 10NM SW OF SALINE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSUZ).  JUST PRIOR TO EXPERIENCING PARTIAL POWER LOSS, THE PILOT NOTED THE AIRCRAFT’S FUEL TOTALIZER INDICATED JUST UNDER 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND OVER 20 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS MOVED FROM THE “BOTH” POSITION TO THE “RIGHT” POSITION AND THE DESCENT WAS CONTINUED. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER, ENGINE RPM AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE (MP) BEGAN TO DROP. THE PILOT MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE BACK TO “BOTH”, TURNED ON THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP, AND ENRICHENED THE MIXTURE. ENGINE RPM AND MP CONTINUE TO DROP, AND THE FUEL FLOW INDICATION WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL. A MAGNETO CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH LITTLE ROCK (LIT) ATC.  LIT ATC ADVISED THEM THAT KSUZ WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 11 O’CLOCK OF THEIR POSITION.  THE AIRPORT WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE PILOT DUE TO THE CLOUDS. THE ENGINE INDICATIONS STARTED TO RETURN TO NORMAL AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO PROCEED TO KBPF APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES SE.  LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER THE ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN. THE PILOT THEN TOLD ATC THEY WERE GOING TO PROCEED TO KSUZ. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN OFF-FIELD LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SW OF KSUZ.  THE OFF-FIELD LANDING STARTED IN A LEVEL FIELD, BUT THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT STOP BEFORE ROLLING DOWN A RAVINE AND COMING TO REST IN A TREE LINE ALONG A CREEK BED CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  AREA WEATHER WAS VFR, WITH SKY CONDITIONS FEW034-BKN045. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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- [NTSB CEN26LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA223), Jun 11, 2026: Cessna T206H (N72RK), Bryant, AR, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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