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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Greybull, Wyoming 82426
Friday, October 24, 1986 12:37 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
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.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/24/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1237 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | GREYBULL |
| Event State | WYOMING |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 82426 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 1050 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 160 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | WRL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4245 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 34 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 40 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 9 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 3885 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1348 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 24 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1400 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 31740 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:14AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6277Z |
| NTSB Number | DEN87LA009 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | TU206G |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | TU206G |
| Aircraft Serial Number | U20606211 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 26 |
| Airframe Hours | 26 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MICHAEL A. TAYLOR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | BOX 1207 |
| Aircraft Owner City | PROCTOR |
| Aircraft Owner State | MT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 59929 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 700 W. 48TH AVE. SUITE B |
| Operator City | DENVER |
| Operator State | CO |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 80216 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | APA |
| Departure City | ENGLEWOOD |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1000 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | GTF |
| Destination City | GREAT FALLS |
| Destination State | MT |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |