- Date
- September 11, 1986, 14:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Holoyoke, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8316QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860911044509A
- Case key
- 30205
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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.
Analysis
While en route at 6000 ft, the acft lost power. The plt descended through a scattered layer of clouds and made a forced landing in a grass covered field 1 1/2 miles north of barnes municipal airport, shearing off the nose gear and coming to rest inverted. When it became obvious to the plt that he would not make it to the airport, he changed his landing area at a low altitude and lacked sufficent airspeed to complete the landing flare. Teardown of the engine showed a failed no. 2 connecting rod bearing, bolts, and connecting rod. The no. 3 connecting rod oil port was clogged with a sealant similar to that used in the change of the oil cooler. Excess sealant was found to have beaded on the inside surface of the oil cooler.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8316Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03177
- Airframe hours
- 1,534
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F-9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- T. Gordon Hutchinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1986 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- AFN · Jaffrey, MA
- Destination
- 22N · Lehighton, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BAF · Barnes
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 843 total · 502 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N8316Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.