- Date
- October 16, 1982, 23:20 local (Oct 17, 1982, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5379UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821017056449A
- Case key
- 70282
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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
Before taking off on a night flight, water was drained from the fuel sumps. When the pilots were satisfied that all of the water was drained from the tanks, they departed. The flight was routine until the aircraft was on final approach for landing. About 1 mile from the approach end of the runway, the engine lost power. The aircrew initiated the emergency procedures and turned to avert a water landing. An emergency/crash landing was made in a landfill area. An examination and run-up of the engine revealed no preimpact, mechanical failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5379U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605240
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George H. Rhodes
- Registered owner
- George H. Rhodes
- Departed
- W32 · Clinton, OH
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BKL · Burke Lakefront, runway 24R, 6,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,322 total · 14 in this make and model · 4,292 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.