- Date
- April 22, 1981
- Place
- 400mi Ne Hnl, HI · 400MI NE HNL, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6318UCessna 206G
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810422018389A
- Case key
- 126716
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0604 81/4/22 400MI,NE HNL,HI CESSNA 206G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 8200 TIME - 1628 N6318U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT STATED LOST FUEL PRESSURE WHILE SWITCHING FM FERRY SYS TO ACFT FUEL SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6318U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6318URegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Cessna U206GAirframe modelCessna U206GEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.