- Date
- September 27, 1985, 00:15 local (06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5322UCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850927054769A
- Case key
- 16768
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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.
Analysis
The plt said the eng quit as he was turning from base leg to final apch for rwy 24 at Evanston (WY) arpt. The acft crashed as the plt maneuvered for an emerg landing. Disassembly and examination of the eng disclosed no reason on why the engine failed. The mixture control was found in a leaned position and the fuel control was found against the idle cut-off stop. The acft had been cruising at 10,500 ft. and was landing at an arpt situated at an elevation of 7,162 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5322U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605203
- Airframe hours
- 3,048
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Evanston Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 19, 1985 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- 000 · Evanston, runway 23, 7,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,246 total · 36 in this make and model · 1,088 as pilot in command · 116 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RKS, 85 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.