Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 5000; Flight Crew Type 500
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; General Maintenance Action
Environment - Non Weather Related; Aircraft
While flying during VMC/Unlimited ceilings/visibility and low wind conditions. The aircraft had an unscheduled/uncommanded engine shutdown (cause is currently under investigation). I performed the POH published emergency. Due to the low altitude and rapidly evolving events - I determined that a restart was not prudent or practicable and could jeopardize a successful outcome by being a distraction. Conducted a successful/non-fatal emergency off-field landing on an agricultural field. No injuries where sustained to the pilot or sole passenger. No one on the ground was hurt or personal property damaged other than minimal and repairable scaring from the landing and subsequent gear failure to the terrain. No fire or fuel/contaminate leakage (to my knowledge) occurred during/after the landing. The aircraft suffered damage to the nose gear assembly and the propeller.
The pilot of a turbine powered Cessna 206 experienced an inflight engine shutdown while at low altitude; resulting in an off-field landing and subsequent propeller and nose landing gear damage.