# Accident 19990625007789A: Cessna TU206F, Death Valley, CA, June 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1999, 10:30 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8728Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8728Q-2007-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990625007789A

## Narrative

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

ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL, LOST POWER, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD, AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS, PROPELLERS, AND THE NOSE GEAR, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)WHILE ENROUTE FROM BOULDER CITY, NV TO BISHOP, CA.  PILOT RAN OUT OF GAS AND LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD NEAR WILLOW CREEK CAMP IN SALINE VALLEY, CA.  WHILE GOING THROUGH A EMBANKMENT CUT IN THE ROAD, IT DAMAGED BOTH WINGS, NOSE GEAR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, NO ACTION WILL BE FORTH COMING.

## 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 LAX99LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA231), Jun 25, 1999: Cessna TU206F (N8728Q), Saline Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify the fuel quantity prior to departure, which led to fuel exhaustion.

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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