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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna U206F · Missoula, MT · June 9, 2000

Date: June 9, 2000 · 15:12 local
Place: Missoula, MT
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: IKLA
Aircraft: N58441
Reported as: Cessna U206F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1,500 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N58441Registered now · Cessna U206FS/N U20602604 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna U206F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot stated he had based his fuel duration and flight planning on an indicated 62 gallons of fuel as shown on fuel dip stick. Subsequent exmination of dip stick revealed that when dip stick indicated 62 gallons, tanks actually held 50 gallons. Dip stick had been reclibrated. Aircraft experienced fuel starvation resulting in landing on highway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT STATED HE HAD BASED HIS FUEL DURATION AND FLIGHT PLANNING ON AN INDICATED 62 GALLONS OF FUEL AS SHOWN ON FUEL DIP STICK. SUBSEQUENT EXMINATION OF DIP STICK REVEALED THAT WHEN DIP STICK INDICATED 62 GALLONS, TANKS ACTUALLY HELD 50 GALLONS. DIP STICK HAD BEEN RECLIBRATED. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION RESULTING IN LANDING ON HIGHWAY.