- Date
- August 4, 1979
- Place
- Ft Collins, CO · FT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4862FCessna TU206
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790804024179A
- Case key
- 134818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2185 79/8/4 FT COLLINS,CO CESSNA TU206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4400 TIME - 1330 N4862F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER WY FT COLLINS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FOREIGN MAT.FOUND IN FUEL VAPOR SEPARATOR ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4862F
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown Airport
N4862FRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Cessna TU206AAirframe modelCessna TU206AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4862F · 2
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