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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206C · South St Paul, MN · March 10, 2004

Date: March 10, 2004 · 12:25 local
Place: South St Paul, MN
Airport: South St Paul Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N71933
Reported as: Cessna U206C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total1,000 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N71933Registration cancelled Feb 9, 2010 · Cessna U206CS/N U206-1227 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna U206C 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 that on downwind to runway 16, the engine lost power and he cut the approach short and attempted to land on the taxiway. The pilot did not use any flaps and landed short, hit a snow bank and snapped off the nosegear. Pilot stated he had selected the right side tank because of a left pattern. The right side tank contained no fuel. The left tank had approximately one inch of fuel remaining. Winds at the time were 190 degrees at 12 gusts 20.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 16, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE CUT THE APPROACH SHORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT USE ANY FLAPS AND LANDED SHORT, HIT A SNOW BANK AND SNAPPED OFF THE NOSEGEAR. PILOT STATED HE HAD SELECTED THE RIGHT SIDE TANK BECAUSE OF A LEFT PATTERN. THE RIGHT SIDE TANK CONTAINED NO FUEL. THE LEFT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF FUEL REMAINING. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE 190 DEGREES AT 12 GUSTS 20.