# NTSB NYC82FNC09: Cessna U206, N60166, Millinocket, ME, May 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Location: 45.6592° N, 68.6981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millinocket, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6592&lon=-68.6981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71710
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FNC09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71710/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FNC09

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - erratic (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

BEFORE DEPARTING SMITH POND, MAINE, THE PILOT CHECKED THE FUEL AND ESTIMATED HE HAD BETWEEN 30 AND 40 GALLONS ON BOARD. HE FLEW TO WATERVILLE, THEN TO KATACHDINE LAKE, AND WAS ON THE NEXT LEG OF THE FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE SWITCHED TANKS AND THE ENGINE STARTED FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN LOST POWER AGAIN. THIS OCCURRED OVER LEVEL TERRAIN COVERED WITH TREES, BUT WITH NO CLEARING. THE FLOAT PLANE WAS BADLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING IN THE WOODED AREA. THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS A NEWLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT AND THE FUEL GAUGES READ FULL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT SUSPECTED A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK VENTS. HOWEVER, AN INSPECTION REVEALED THEY WERE CLEAN AND HAD NO SIGNS OF BLOCKAGE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 216 MILES AFTER DEPARTING SMITH POND. THE ESTIMATED CRUISE SPEED WITH FLOATS WAS ABOUT 110 MPH. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FUEL FLOW METER WAS INDICATING ABOUT 15 GAL/HR IN FLIGHT. THE ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORILY DURING AN OPERATIONAL CHECK ON 5/27/82.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60166](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60166-1989-02-06), registration cancelled 1989-02-06, S/N U20602013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602013
- Airframe hours: 3587
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 280 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Millinocket Lake Flying Servic
- Registered owner: Millinocket Lake Flying Servic
- Departed: SMITH POND, ME
- Destination: NEW EGYPT, NJ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,560 total, 1 in this make and model, 2,415 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820506014519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820506014519A), May 6, 1982: Cessna U206, Millinocket, ME, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route, crashed into trees on forced landing. Departed with insufficient fuel for planned flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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