Accident Cessna TU206G N6277Z,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 374014
 
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Date:Friday 24 October 1986
Time:12:37 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C206 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna TU206G
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N6277Z
MSN: U20606211
Year of manufacture:1979
Total airframe hrs:26 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Greybull, WY -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Englewood, CO (APA
Destination airport:Great Falls, MT (KGTF)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PLT DEPARTED AURORA, CO AT 1000 EN ROUTE TO GREAT FALLS, MT AT 8000 FT MSL. AT 1237 THE PLT ADVISED WORLAND FSS THAT THE ENG HAD LOST POWER AND HE WAS GOING DOWN. THE PLT SAID THAT ON FINAL APCH HE HAD TO PULL UP TO AVOID POWER LINES. THE ACFT STALLED AND NOSED INTO GROUND. THE CRASH SITE WAS 5 MI EAST OF GREYBULL, WY. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS POSITIONED ON THE LEFT TANK. THE LEFT TANK WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY AND THE RIGHT TANK WAS FULL. THE ACFT HAS 2 FUEL TANKS, EACH HOLDS 46 GALS (44 USABLE). THE DISTANCE FROM AURORA TO GREYBULL IS APRX 354 NAUTICAL MI. TIME EN ROUTE WAS APRX 2 HRS, 37 MIN. THIS COMPUTES TO AVERAGE 136.2 KTS GROUND SPEED. PERFORMANCE CHART FOR 8000 FOOT PRESSURE ALT GIVES A NUMBER OF POWER SETTINGS THAT WILL YIELD AVERAGE FUEL CONSUMPTION RATES BETWEEN 10.3 AND 17.8 GPH AND AVERAGE TRUE AIRSPEED BETWEEN 111 AND 151 KTS.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DEN87LA009
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB DEN87LA009

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 July 1985 N6277Z Edward Gohl 0 Taohoma, CA sub

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