- Date
- September 14, 1978
- Place
- Mesita, NM · MESITA, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9582GCessna TU206F
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780914029459A
- Case key
- 139672
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2758 78/9/14 MESITA,NM CESSNA TU206F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2110 N9582G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 160 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLBROOK,AZ ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONNECTING ROD CAP NO 5 CYLINDER FAILED.LANDING WAS MADE ON ROUGH DESERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9582G
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9582GRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2006 · Cessna TU206FAirframe modelCessna TU206FEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9582G · 1
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