- Date
- October 16, 1985, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tanana, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35851Cessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19851016052529A
- Case key
- 4620
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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
While en route, the eng lost power, so the plt made an emergency landing on a gravel bar. During the landing, the acft nosed over & came to rest in water. An exam revealed that the fuel sumps & lines were frozen & there was ice in the fuel pump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35851
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602757
- Airframe hours
- 1,204
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Dennis Parrish
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 13, 1985 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- Ituslia, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Faibanks, AK
- Flight plan
- 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N35851 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.