Cessna U206D N729RV

Summary

On 25 August 2012 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna U206D registered N729RV was involved in an accident near Nikolai, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 August 2012 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Nikolai, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.5053, -153.8875

Aircraft

Cessna U206D

Registration

N729RV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palmer → Aniak

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC12LA093

Nobody was injured.

The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because the engine was not made available for examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that while in level cruise flight, the engine lost oil pressure, followed by smoke in the cockpit, and a total loss of engine power. The pilot selected a remote gravel bar along a river as a forced landing site. During the forced landing, the airplane slid across a shallow creek and impacted the river bank, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. According to the pilot, before the airplane could be recovered, the wreckage was subjected to rising creek waters, which washed the airplane’s logbooks downstream. The engine was not made available and was not examined and thus no determination was made as to why the engine lost power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.