- Date
- June 11, 2026, 12:27 local (17:27 UTC)
- Place
- Bryant, AR · Field
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72RKCessna T206H
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260611007489A
- Case key
- 203168
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 10, 2026, about 1223 central daylight time, a Cessna T206H airplane, N72RK, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bryant, Arkansas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 aerial surveying flight. The pilot reported that while in cruise flight and approaching his destination airport, he switched the fuel selector from “Both” to “Right” because the right tank contained more fuel. Shortly after switching tanks, the engine began to lose power. The pilot switched back to “Both”, but the airplane continued to lose power, and he was unable to maintain altitude. The pilot executed a forced landing to a field. During the landing, the airplane struck trees at the end of the field resulting in substantial damage to the left wing.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72RK
- Reported as
- Cessna T206H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T20608315
- Built
- 2001
- Airframe hours
- 8,657
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerial Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Aerial Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 2026 · 378 hours before
- Departed
- ASG · Springdale, AR
- Destination
- SUZ · Benton, AR
- Airport
- SUZ
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Stall warning system
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 15 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KLIT 101553Z 24010KT 10SM SCT035 31/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03060222 $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.