- Date
- April 13, 1988, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coarsegold, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N735SUCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25986
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,connecting rod - separationCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
While at cruise flight, the engine surged twice then quit. During the emergency landing, the airplane collided with the terrain. Inspection of the engine revealed that the number three connecting rod broke.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735SU
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604960
- Airframe hours
- 1,552
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Massie, George T.
- Registered owner
- Massie, George T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1987 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- 022 · Columbia, CA
- Destination
- L18 · Fallbrook, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
N735SURegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2002 · Cessna TU206GAirframe modelCessna TU206GEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 999 total · 829 in this make and model · 999 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT