- Date
- October 12, 1984, 16:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Yuba City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5249UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841012057869A
- Case key
- 24574
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Remedial action - not possibleFactor
Analysis
The acft collided with trees during a forced landing after the eng failed on takeoff from sutter county airport. Post crash examination of the acft did not reveal evidence of an airframe or eng pre-impact failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5249U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0249
- Airframe hours
- 2,456
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Barfuss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 052 · Yuba City, CA
- Destination
- 061 · Cameron Park, CA
- Airport
- 502 · Sutterco, runway 17, 3,040 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 820 total · 127 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 11 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.