# Accident 20050605014919A: Cessna U206, Stony River, AK, June 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2005, 17:15 local time
- Place: Stony River, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7833° N, 156.5919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7833&lon=-156.5919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2125F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2125F-2006-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605014919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL NTSB REPORT - THE PILOT REPORTED HE DEPARTED PDQ, 6-5-05. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR, ABOUT 2 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, AT 4000 FEET, THE ENGINE CUTOUT OR MISSED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN QUIT. THE PILOT THEN TURNED THE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON AND ATTEMPTED A RESTART WITH NO SUCCESS, HE THEN SELECTED THE OTHER FUEL TANK AND AGAIN ATTEMPTED ANOTHER START, AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS HE TRIED TO GET TO A CLEARING BUT FAILED, CRASHING IN TREES, ABOUT 0200 ZULUZ, 6-6-05. *****I INTERVIEWED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ IN PERSON 6-16-05 IN ANI. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ SAID THAT HE HAD DEPARTED PDQ ABOUT 1520 LOCAL AND THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 1715 LOCAL. HIS ENGINE QUIT ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 50 MINS. IN THE FLIGHT. HE WAS USING FUEL FROM THE LEFT TANK WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, HE THEN SELECTED THE RIGHT TANK AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A CLEAR AREA, BUT BEGAN TO CLIP TREES, THEN LANDED ON THE TUNDRA ROLLING OUT FOR A SHORT DISTANCE THEN FLIPPED NOSE FIRST STOPPING UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 ANC05LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA079), Jun 6, 2005: Cessna 206 (N2125F), Stony River, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partially blocked fuel pump, which resulted in a loss of engine power while in cruise flight. A factor associated with the accident was an inoperative electric auxiliary fuel pump.

## Other reports on N2125F (2)

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

- [Accident 19740105001169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740105001169A), Jan 5, 1974: Cessna U206 (N2125F), St Marys, AK, Substantial damage. Lndd on frozen Andreafsky River.r gr broke thru ice,dmgd wing.
- [Accident 19731015038479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731015038479A), Oct 15, 1973: Cessna U206 (N2125F), Akiak, AK, Substantial damage. Aborted,nr 3 valve failed. Heavy frost on rwy. Slid off end.

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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