# NTSB CHI83LA430: Cessna U206F, N8449Q, Garden Prairie, IL, September 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Garden Prairie, IL
- Coordinates: 42.249565, -88.730369 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2496&lon=-88.7304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA430
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12347/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA430

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,line - undertorqued (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,line - leak (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE EN ROUTE, THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENG LOST POWER COMPLETELY. DURING A LANDING IN A CORN FIELD, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD SEPARATED AT THE FLOW DIVIDER. REPORTEDLY, THE ENG HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED BY THE PILOT/MECHANIC & THE FUEL LINE HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY TORQUED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8449Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603307
- Airframe hours: 2180
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Midstates Aircraft Engines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 12, 1983, 20 hours before
- Departed: 1C5, PLAINFIELD, IL
- Destination: MADISON, WI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 4,850 as pilot in command, 240 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 225° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830918049549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830918049549A), Sep 18, 1983: Cessna U206F, Garden Prairie, IL, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine failure from fuel line separation.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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