- Date
- October 27, 1989, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Opheim, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N33211Cessna 206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891027048529A
- Case key
- 17862
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance while executing a low pass.
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 pilot stated he and the pax were en route to opeim, MT, when he experienced an engine failure. He executed an emergency landing in an open field and the airplane nosed over. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure that would have prevented normal engine operation. Several 'spent' rifle cartridges were found in the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed the flaps were in the up position at the time of impact. The impact marks revealed the airplane touched down, struck a ravine, became airborne and impacted the uphill side of the ravine before nosing over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33211
- Reported as
- Cessna 206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060271
- Airframe hours
- 3,807
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Prunty, Thomas J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- GGW · Glascow, MT
- Destination
- 500 · Opheim, MT
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.