# Accident 20070620010429A: Cessna TU206G, Baton Rouge, LA, June 20, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2007, 10:21 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5331° N, 91.1497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5331&lon=-91.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4803U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4803U-2008-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 150 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070620010429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE QUIT WHILE ON RIGHT BASE FOR RUNWAY 4 RIGHT AT BATON ROUGE METRO AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, NO INJURIES. THE PILOT STATED HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM THE LEFT TANK TO THE RIGHT TANK AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT, THE PILOT THEN SWITCHED THE SELECTOR BACK TO THE LEFT TANK. AN INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SELECTOR REVEALED THE SELECTOR WAS NOT IN THE DETENT FOR THE LEFT TANK. 5 GALLONS OF GAS WAS DRAINED FROM THE LEFT TANK. UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE LEFT TANK DUE TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DFW07CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA142), Jun 20, 2007: Cessna 206 (N4803U), Baton Rouge, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation as result of the pilot's failure to properly position the fuel selector. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N4803U (1)

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

- [Accident 19991117037009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991117037009A), Nov 17, 1999: Cessna TU206G (N4803U), Lafayette, LA, Substantial damage. (.19) On November 17, 1999, at 1050 central standard time, a Cessna TU206G airplane, N4803U, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss…

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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