- Date
- May 10, 1984, 16:30 local (May 11, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N346RNCessna TP206D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840510016799A
- Case key
- 4202
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The eng quite once, but the plt was able to restart it by turning on the boost pump. He landed at 2 different arpts after the initial failure, once to refuel & drain the fuel tanks & once to check the fuel lines & components under the cowling. Aprx 1 hr after the last departure, the fuel flow meter began fluctuating & the eng started running rough. Unable to maintain alt, the plt made a forced landing on a beach. Due to the location of the accident, the eng & acft could not be examined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N346RN
- Reported as
- Cessna TP206D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-567
- Airframe hours
- 2,016
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stockhill Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 4, 1984
- Departed
- PAQ · Big Lake,Ak, AK
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Airport
- Kenai
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 868 total · 75 in this make and model · 815 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.