- Date
- December 30, 1976
- Place
- Farmington, OR · FARMINGTON, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72160Cessna TU206D
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761230040889A
- Case key
- 156675
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3800 76/12/30 NR.FARMINGTON,OR CESSNA TU206D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N72160 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 56, 9906 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1229 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLYMPIA,WA EUGENE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BROKEN NR 4 INTAKE VALVE STEM.PISTON DAMAGED.LNDD IN SOFT RECENTLY PLANTED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72160
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N72160Registered now · Cessna TU206DAirframe modelCessna TU206DEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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 N72160 · 2
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