- Date
- July 16, 1991, 18:42 local (Jul 17, 1991, 00:42 UTC)
- Place
- Mccall, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7216NCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41328
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Procedures/directives were not followed. Factors to the accident were: improper fuel boost pump selector position, leaded spark plugs and sunglare.
Analysis
While in the pattern for landing, the engine experienced a loss of power. The pilot was unable to land on the runway and a forced landing was initiated to an open school yard. During the emergency descent, the airplane collided with power lines and struck the ground in a nose down attitude, vertical to the terrain. During the on scene investigation, it was found that the spark plugs were coated with a layer of black carbon. Cockpit inspection revealed that the auxiliary fuel pump switch was positioned in the low setting. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions noted.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7216N
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603566
- Airframe hours
- 3,393
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Mccall Air Taxi
- Registered owner
- Mccall Air Taxi
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 11, 1991 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- MYL · Mccall, ID
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- MYL · Mccall, runway 16, 5,000 × 75 ft
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,341 total · 496 in this make and model · 3,223 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYL, 1 nm away