ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353132
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1999 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna TU206F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8728Q |
| MSN: | U20603471 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2300 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saline Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boulder City, NV (61B) |
| Bishop, CA (KBIH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight departed its home base, flew to another airport, and was returning home when the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot reported that he took off originally with full fuel tanks and had not refueled at the en route stop. He stated that he had the fuel selector positioned to the right tank, but he noticed that both the left and right fuel gauges indicated decreasing amounts of fuel. The right fuel gauge dropped to 'empty' and the engine suddenly quit. He switched the fuel selector to the left tank, turned on the boost pump, and the engine restarted. The engine quit again as he was over a group of mountains. The pilot was high and fast during the forced landing to a road and collided with an embankment. The airplane had been topped off with fuel 2 weeks prior to the accident, but the pilot did not remember if he had flown the airplane in that 2-week period; he did not maintain any type of pilot logbook or flight record. He thought that the fuel strainer valve had been stuck in the open position, allowing the fuel to drain out. According to Cessna, fuel cannot be used from both fuel tanks simultaneously, and if the fuel strainer had been stuck open, fuel would drain out only from the tank selected on the fuel selector valve. The airplane and engine were examined by an FAA inspector, with no mechanical discrepancies found. The pilot reported that he hadn't experienced any mechanical problems prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to verify the fuel quantity prior to departure, which led to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX99LA231
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2024 10:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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