- Date
- April 1, 1984, 17:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7383NCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840401007909A
- Case key
- 21293
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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 acft hit a tree and a ditch during a forced landing on a road after the engine lost power. Examination of the engineafter the accident revealed that the throttle rod had disconnected from the throttle control arm at the bolt hole. The hole had worn through and the rod had vibrated loose. The acft had a 100 hour inspection only 22 hours prior to the accident. The worn surfaces had taken longer than 22 hours to reach their degree of wear. Also, the throttle cable had been replaced at 850 hours. The acft now had 1188 hours total time. The C-206 service manual indicates that the engine controls and linkage are to be inspected every 100 hours. The engine was successfully run after installing a new throttle arm and repairing impact damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7383N
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603644
- Airframe hours
- 1,188
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F-9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rice, Hubert L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- CRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Destination
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,242 total · 422 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- LCH, 13 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.