- Date
- October 29, 1986, 02:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marshfiled, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9585GCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861029055949A
- Case key
- 30551
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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
Electrical failure occurred in flight due to an alternator belt failure. The acft landed in the grass beside the rwy and was damaged. The landing was difficult due to darkness, fog and no lights. The plt tried to use flaps but failed due to no elec power. The landing was long and off the rwy due to lack of visibility. The nose wheel collapsed during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9585G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20601785
- Airframe hours
- 1,860
- Engine
- Continental IO-520J, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- George William Stuart
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Cable Construction Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1986 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- 4B9 · Simsbury, CT
- Destination
- Marshfield, MA
- Airport
- 3B2 · Marshfield, runway 6, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 74 in this make and model · 1,070 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.