- Date
- March 3, 1985, 22:30 local (Mar 4, 1985, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Angola, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6173UCessna U206G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850303006939A
- Case key
- 13019
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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
The plt of the acft began to have difficulty holding alt shortly after level-off at 6000 ft MSL. He stated that it sounded like the eng was flooding. He began a forced descent to the nearest suitable airfield and crossed over the NDB for that field at 3000 ft MSL. During a turn back to the rwy, the wings and windscreen began to ice up. At this point he began to lose alt more rapidly. At about 20 ft above the ground, at 65 KIAS, the left wing dropped and the acft settled to the ground short of the rwy. The plt stated that the heavy snow he had been flying through may have blocked the eng intake air filter, causing the eng pwr loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6173U
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605364
- Airframe hours
- 2,587
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kokomo Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 16, 1984 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- 5D8 · Marshall, MI
- Destination
- OKK · Kokomo, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ANQ · Tri-State Stuben County, runway 5
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,236 total · 14 in this make and model · 1,047 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 80 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.