ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138316
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 August 2011 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: | Cessna TU206F Turbo Stationair |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N338F |
| MSN: | U20602331 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2054 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Bremerton, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Helena, MT (HLN) |
| Seattle, WA (BFI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he began the cross-country flight with 4 hours of fuel onboard for the estimated 3-hour flight. While over an airport along the route of flight, he found that the headwind was much stronger than forecast. He calculated that he had 1 hour of fuel remaining and that the remaining flight time to his destination was 30 minutes. As he approached his destination, he was receiving vectors from an air traffic controller when the airplane’s engine sputtered and stopped producing power. The pilot successfully restarted the engine. However, it soon stopped producing power again and would not restart. In the dark night, he performed a forced landing to a small opening in the trees. The first rescue personnel on scene reported that they did not detect the smell of aviation fuel and the pilot reported to rescuers that “he believed he had run out of fuel and that the engine just quit on him.” The airplane’s fuselage was bent upwards immediately behind the cabin area, and both wings were bent and wrinkled.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2011 02:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 31-Aug-2011 08:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:06 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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