# Accident 20010527010519A: Cessna T207A, Kanab, UT, May 27, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Kanab, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DOQA
- Location: 37.2708° N, 112.2297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2708&lon=-112.2297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6427H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6427H-2002-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 50 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010527010519A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT WAS CHANGING FUEL TANKS AND THE ENGINE QUIT IN THE PROCESS. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE. HE LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD 10 MILES EAST OF KANAB, UT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE ON LANDING AND SPUN AROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND HE WAS UNINJURED.                                                                     (.4) ON MAY 27, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T207A, N6427H, WAS DESTROYED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE NEAR KANAB, UTAH. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. LAKE MEAD AIR, OF BOULDER CITY, NEVADA, WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM MARBLE CANYON, ARIZONA, APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. A COMPANY VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN REPORT, HE DEPARTED MARBLE CANYON AIRPORT WITH 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND 17 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK. HE LEVELED OFF AT 8500 FEET MSL AND REDUCED TO CRUISE POWER. HE SAID HE WAS "PREPARING TO SWITCH FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT TANK....JUST BEFORE I COULD MAKE THE SWITCH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER." HE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED TANKS, PUSHED THE MIXTURE FULL FORWARD, AND TURNED THE BOOST PUMP ON TO RESTART THE ENGINE. HE TRIED AGAIN, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART. HE AIMED FOR A NARROW DIRT ROAD AND EXTENDED THE FLAPS. DURING THE GROUND ROLL, THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE, AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED 180 DEGREES SKIDDING TO A HALT. THE ENGINE WAS TORN FROM THE MOTOR MOUNT, THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEVERED, BOTH WING SPARS WERE BENT, AND THE EMPENNAGE WAS WRINKLED AND BENT. A SALVAGE TEAM MEMBER NOTED, DURING THE AIRPLANE'S RECOVERY, THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK; HE SAID THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY.

## 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 DEN01LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA102), May 27, 2001: Cessna T207A (N6427H), Kanab, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate fuel consumption planning, and the subsequent fuel starvation, which resulted in a loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N6427H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970703024429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970703024429I), Jul 3, 1997: Cessna T207A (N6427H), Temple Bar, AZ, Minor damage. Engine vibration and rough. Diverted. Kepted engine running until short final. Flames noted. NR6 cyl seperated.

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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