# NTSB SEA66D0043: Cessna 206, N5229U, Sellway, ID, July 11, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 11, 1965
- Place: Sellway, ID · SELLWAY, ID
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176955
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66D0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1957  65/7/11    SELLWAY ID          CESSNA 206          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1962
        TIME - 0630                    N5229U              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH STAR RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5229U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5229U-2014-04-24), registration cancelled 2014-04-24, S/N 206-0229, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (registry code 2073306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: North Star Ranch

## Other investigations on N5229U (1)

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.

- [NTSB WPR13LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA052), Nov 25, 2012: Cessna U206 (N5229U), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fatigue fractures of two crankshaft gear teeth from corrosion pitting, which resulted in an off-airport forced landing and collision with…

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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