- Date
- March 8, 1991, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sparrevohn Afs, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N756XECessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910308009399I
- Case key
- 5496
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the ice in the fuel strainer/gascalator. Contributing was: the inadequate preflight preparation by the pilot, and unsuitable terrain on which to make the forced landing.
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 pilot stated that while cruising at 10,000 feet MSL, the engine quit without warning and he was unable to restart it. A forced landing was made on a mountainside. After removing a large piece of ice from the gascalator, and making some temporary repairs, the engine started and ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756XE
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604432
- Airframe hours
- 1,498
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patrick J. Steward
- Registered owner
- Steward & Co, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1990 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.