# Accident 20031024027499A: Cessna U206F, Edgefield, SC, October 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2003, 08:13 local time
- Place: Edgefield, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1472° N, 81.1639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1472&lon=-81.1639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3007R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3007R-2006-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031024027499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 2003 AT 0813 LOCAL TIME EST A CESSNA 206, N3007R REPORTED TO THE AUGUSTA ATC THAT IT WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE TROUBLE. SHORTLY, N3007R CRASHED IN A WOODY AREA IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SC. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CONCORD, NC (JQF) WITH A DESTINATION OF PANAMA CITY, FL. (PFN) NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL04LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA025), Oct 24, 2003: Cessna U206F (N3007R), Edgefield, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the checklist to ensure the fuel filler cap was secured resulting in fuel starvation 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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