# NTSB DEN84LA229: Cessna T-206, N3985G, Kalispell, MT, June 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1984, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Coordinates: 48.190979, -114.38047 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1910&lon=-114.3805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16437
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16437/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA229

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3985G-2018-10-22), registration cancelled 2018-10-22, S/N U206-0985, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 206-0985
- Airframe hours: 2490
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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