# NTSB CHI83LA439: Cessna 206, N7169Q, Eveleth, MN, September 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1983, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Coordinates: 47.459087, -92.5391 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4591&lon=-92.5391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA439
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12354/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA439

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Other gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,float assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE RETURNING FROM A FISHING TRIP IN ONTARIO, CANADA, THE PLT LANDED AT CRANE LAKE, MN, WHERE HE CLEARED CUSTOMS & HAD 10 GAL OF FUEL ADDED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. HE THEN FLEW TO EVELETH, MN, APRX 90 MI AWAY. FROM EVELETH, HE PROCEED TOWARD ELY LAKE, MN. WHEN HE WAS APRX 3 MI FROM ELY LAKE, THE ENG LOST POWER AS HE STARTED A DESCENT. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS & TRIED TO START THE ENG, BUT WAS UNABLE. REPORTEDLY, THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE WAS INDICATING THE TANK WAS STILL 3/4 FULL WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. DURING AN APCH TO LAND IN A WATER FILLED, PIT MINE, THE ACFT WAS SLOWED TO NEAR THE STALL SPEED AS THE PLT FLEW OVER POWER LINES. HE THEN DOVE THE PLANE TOWARD THE WATER & FLARED, BUT REPORTEDLY, THE PLANE STALLED WHEN IT WAS APRX 5 FT ABOVE THE WATER. DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT FLOAT COLLAPSED & THE SPREADER BAR, THE RIGHT WING TIP & PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED. A INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENG LOST POWER DUE TO A LACK OF FUEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7169Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: N7169Q
- Airframe hours: 1485
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John E. Nylander
- Registered owner: M&J Concepts, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 1983, 39 hours before
- Departed: CRANE LAKE, MN
- Destination: ELY LAKE, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,721 total, 39 in this make and model, 2,721 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830925050949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830925050949A), Sep 25, 1983: Cessna 206CESSNA, Eveleth, MN, Substantial damage. Engine quit during descent for landing. Crash occurred during attempted emergency landing in mining pit.

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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