- Date
- July 19, 1984, 15:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Cold Foot, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3948GCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840719036549A
- Case key
- 4325
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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 acft was damaged in a forced landing on a road after the engine quit. After the accident the acft fuel system was examined by an FAA inspector. The fuel/air screen was found to be contaminated with dirt. The injector screen and the main fuel strainer was contamined with both dirt and water. The rt wing pump drain had dirt in the valve. Both fuel reservoirs were contamined with dirt and large amounts of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3948G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0948
- Engine
- Continental IO-284-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Aurora Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Cold Foot, AK
- Destination
- Tobin Creek, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,300 total · 250 in this make and model · 10,200 as pilot in command · 207 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3948G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.