# Accident 19980725028369A: Cessna TU206G, Midvale, UT, July 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1998, 10:15 local time
- Place: Midvale, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6198° N, 111.8990° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6198&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102AK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 915 total, 415 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980725028369A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 25, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 1015 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA TU206G, N102AK, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOTS COMPANY, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR MIDVALE, UT. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHICO, CALIFORNIA, AT 0535 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME. ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS ACCIDENT REPORT, HE OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING AND DEPARTED CHICO, CALIFORNIA, EN ROUTE TO HERBER, UTAH. WHEN HE WAS FOURTEEN MILES WEST OF HERBER, HE ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN. HE CONTACTED SALT LAKE CITY APPROACH CONTROL AND WAS DIRECTED TO DESCEND TO 5500 FEET AND WAS VECTORED TOWARDS THE SALT LAKE CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE MADE A FORCED ON A ROLLING FIELD SURROUNDERED BY POWER LINES. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 125 FEET UPHILL. THE ENGINE SEPERATED FROM THE FIREWALL, AND A FIRE ERUPTED BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND FIREWALL. AS THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE, HE GRAPPED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED AND ANNUAL INSPECTION ON JULY 20, 1998 AT WHICH TIME IT WAS REFUELED. IT DID NOT FLY AGAIN UNTIL THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT PHYSICALLY INSPECT THE FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE FROM CHICO. ACCORDING TO THE SALVAGE COMPANY THAT RETRIEVED THE AIRPLANE, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK BUT A COUPLE OF GALLONS OF FUEL WERE FOUND IN THE RIGHT TANK. (-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES ON FINAL TO SLC INT'L ARPT. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT AT ABOUT 1000' AGL. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND ATTEMPTED A RESTART. WHEN ENGINE DID NOT RESTART, HE ACCOMPLISHED A FORCED LANDING IN A VACANT FIELD. POST CRASH FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY PILOT (WHO WAS UNINJURED).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA331), Jul 25, 1998: Cessna TU206G (N102AK), Midvale, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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