- Date
- June 16, 1983, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2187FCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616027649A
- Case key
- 16097
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing after the engine quit during descent for approach to land. The pilot stated that very shortly after the beginning of descent to land the engine quit at 5000 ft while he was accomplishing the checklist. The plt said later that he thought he could reach the rwy but the windmilling propeller caused a high sink rate. He stated that he thought he tried to restart the engine by switching tanks at least once ('but maybe twice'.) Using boost pump with each tank and changing mixture setting with no success. He then had to land off the arpt and nosed over. An onsite examination of the acft revealed no fuel in the right tank and a substantial amount in the left tank. There was no spillage or ruptures in either tank. The emergency airstart procedure from the operating handbook: 1. 75 KIAS 2. Fuel selector valve and quantity check 3. Mixture-rich 4.aux fuel pump on 3-5 sec with throttle half open, then off 5. Ignition switch both (or start if prop stops) 6. Throttle-advance slowly. Plt had not flown this model acft in 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2187F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0387
- Airframe hours
- 3,132
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Howard Kaiser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- BTM · Butte, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BIL · Billings Logan, runway 9R, 3,800 × 275 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 953 total · 4 in this make and model · 773 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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