- Date
- March 20, 1986, 14:42 local (Mar 21, 1986, 00:42 UTC)
- Place
- Maunaloa, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N144FPCessna U206C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860320007089A
- Case key
- 25269
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on an inter-island cargo flight conducted under 14 CFR 135, the pilot reported to the honolulu ARTCC that the airplane was experiencing a loss of propeller RPM; he did not report that the engine was losing power. The airplane crashed into the pacific ocean shortly therefore. Neither the airplane nor the pilot was recovered after a 2-DAY search. The propeller was recently overhauled and installed onthe airplane. The propeller had accrued about 10 hours since overhaul at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144FP
- Reported as
- Cessna U206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060956
- Airframe hours
- 3,272
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hutchinson Auto & Air
- Registered owner
- Hutchinson Auto & Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- OGG · Kahului, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 830 in this make and model · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL, 16 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.