Accident Cessna U206F N8449Q, Sunday 18 September 1983

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Date:	Sunday 18 September 1983
Time:	09:30 LT
Type:	Cessna U206F
Owner/operator:	Midstates Aircraft Engines
Registration:	N8449Q
MSN:	U20603307
Year of manufacture:	1976
Total airframe hrs:	2180 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Garden Prairie, IL - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Plainfield, IL (1C5)
Destination airport:	Madison, WI
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE EN ROUTE, THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENG LOST POWER COMPLETELY. DURING A LANDING IN A CORN FIELD, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD SEPARATED AT THE FLOW DIVIDER. REPORTEDLY, THE ENG HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED BY THE PILOT/MECHANIC & THE FUEL LINE HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY TORQUED.

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