- Date
- July 9, 1988, 12:08 local (19:08 UTC)
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6106UCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880709026059A
- Case key
- 26054
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local flight, the pilot noted that the oil pressure was low. En route to the airport, the engine quit. A forced landing was made on a road where during the landing the airplane collided with telephone wires and subsequently the terrain. Inspection of the engine revealed that the governor idler gear stud that holds the idler gear in place was missing. The gear was floating freely in a small cavity and wearing a hole through the housing on the propeller governor. Metal was found in the oil pan and in the oil filter. The engine overhaul was completed 3 operating hours prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6106U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605323
- Airframe hours
- 2,847
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Spokane Airways Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kovacs, Elemer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,216 total · 2,885 in this make and model · 6,057 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6106U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.