- Date
- July 27, 1990, 17:50 local (Jul 28, 1990, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Holy Cross, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7235NCessna 206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900727028839A
- Case key
- 5410
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - tundraFactor
Analysis
The engine quit during flight and the pilot landed the airplane on tundra. The pilot believes that the #3 connecting rod failed. The airplane was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7235N
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603574
- Airframe hours
- 5,135
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Charles J. Sassara
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1990 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Destination
- 4Z4 · Holy Cross, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,623 total · 3,511 in this make and model · 18,400 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °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.