Cessna 206 N7169Q

Summary

On 25 September 1983 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N7169Q, operated by John E. Nylander, was involved in an accident near Eveleth, Minnesota, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 September 1983 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Eveleth, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

47.4591, -92.5391

Aircraft

Cessna 206

Registration

N7169Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John E. Nylander

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crane Lake → Ely Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA439

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE RETURNING FROM A FISHING TRIP IN ONTARIO, CANADA, THE PLT LANDED AT CRANE LAKE, MN, WHERE HE CLEARED CUSTOMS & HAD 10 GAL OF FUEL ADDED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. HE THEN FLEW TO EVELETH, MN, APRX 90 MI AWAY. FROM EVELETH, HE PROCEED TOWARD ELY LAKE, MN. WHEN HE WAS APRX 3 MI FROM ELY LAKE, THE ENG LOST POWER AS HE STARTED A DESCENT. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS & TRIED TO START THE ENG, BUT WAS UNABLE. REPORTEDLY, THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE WAS INDICATING THE TANK WAS STILL 3/4 FULL WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. DURING AN APCH TO LAND IN A WATER FILLED, PIT MINE, THE ACFT WAS SLOWED TO NEAR THE STALL SPEED AS THE PLT FLEW OVER POWER LINES. HE THEN DOVE THE PLANE TOWARD THE WATER & FLARED, BUT REPORTEDLY, THE PLANE STALLED WHEN IT WAS APRX 5 FT ABOVE THE WATER. DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT FLOAT COLLAPSED & THE SPREADER BAR, THE RIGHT WING TIP & PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED. A INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENG LOST POWER DUE TO A LACK OF FUEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.