- Date
- September 15, 1988, 07:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Glade Park, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71001Cessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880915039039I
- Case key
- 17396
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Probable cause
The failure of the #1 connecting rod assembly in the engine, resulting in a forced landing. A factor in the incident was that the pilot did not see & avoid power wires in the forced landing path.
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 commercial plt was transporting one pax during an air taxi flt. The plt reported that the engine began to run rough and lost oil pressure. He said the engine seized and he turned toward the east for an emergency landing, on a park service road. The plt said that the sun prevented his seeing power lines across the road. On final approach, the plane's main landing gear struck the power wires, but the plane landed without damage. A post accident engine examination by an FAA airworthiness inspector revealed evidence that the #1 rod assembly had failed and resulted in total engine stoppage. The broken parts were analyzed by the NTSB materials laboratory. The analysis revealed evidence typical of fatigue fractures in the rod assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71001
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206 02115
- Airframe hours
- 3,362
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Glenn L. & Maurine D. Baxter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 22, 1988 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- CNY · Moab, UT
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,420 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,124 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N71001 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.