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| NTSB Identification: ANC91IA039. The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 44125. |
| Accident occurred Friday, March 08, 1991 at SPARREVOHN AFS, AK |
| Aircraft: CESSNA U206G, registration: N756XE |
| Injuries: 2 Uninjured |
| Event: 20001212X16525 Status: Final Report Approved On Wednesday, March 31, 1993 |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE CRUISING AT 10,000 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT WARNING AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE. AFTER REMOVING A LARGE PIECE OF ICE FROM THE GASCALATOR, AND MAKING SOME TEMPORARY REPAIRS, THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO THE ICE IN THE FUEL STRAINER/GASCALATOR. CONTRIBUTING WAS: THE INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT |
| PREPARATION BY THE PILOT, AND UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO MAKE THE FORCED LANDING. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER(TOTAL) - NONMECHANICAL |
| Phase of Operation: CRUISE - NORMAL |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 ( Cause ) FUEL SYSTEM, STRAINER / BLOCKED (TOTAL) / (0) |
| 2 ( Factor ) PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION / INADEQUATE / PILOT IN COMMAND |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - EMERGENCY |
| Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN/WATER |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - EMERGENCY |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 3 |
| 1 ( Factor ) TERRAIN CONDITIONS / NONE SUITABLE / (0) |
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