- Date
- June 16, 1984, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kalispell, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3985GCessna T-206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16437
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Analysis
The pilot reported complete power loss while turning final. Attempts to restore pwr were unsuccessful and the aircraft was landed hard in the grass short of rwy. Investigation failed to reveal evidence of engine malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3985G
- Reported as
- Cessna T-206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0985
- Airframe hours
- 2,490
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stockhill Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Sheaffers Meado, MT
- Airport
- S27 · Kalispell, runway 13, 3,600 × 70 ft, asphalt
N3985GRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 2018 · Cessna U206CAirframe modelCessna U206CEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F