- Date
- June 13, 1982, 12:12 local (19:12 UTC)
- Place
- Renton, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60092Cessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820613070729A
- Case key
- 72373
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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
According to the pilot, the aircraft was on its first flight after a major engine overhaul and was being flown for maintenance evaluation. About 45 minutes after takeoff, the pilot requested a descent from 7500 feet MSL. After entering an overcast, the engine sputtered and began to vibrate and lose power. The engine then stopped and would not restart, and the pilot declared a "may day." The plane broke out of the overcast over a lake at about 2200 feet. Subsequently, the pilot made a controlled landing near boats about one mile from the shore. The occupants were rescued in less than a minute. Later, the aircraft was recovered from the lake where it had sunk in about 90 ft of water. An engine teardown revealed that the no. 5 connecting rod had separated from the piston. The stub of the connecting rod had beat a hole in the left side of the crankcase, which in turn, resulted in oil starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60092
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602004
- Airframe hours
- 1,412
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Herman M. Pfahl
- Registered owner
- Herman M. Pfahl
- Departed
- Renton, WA
- Destination
- Renton, WA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 22 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.