# Accident 20090510008729A: Cessna U206E, Marysville, CA, May 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2009, 13:10 local time
- Place: Marysville, CA
- Airport: Yuba County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5825° N, 121.5633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5825&lon=-121.5633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1457M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1457M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 138 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090510008729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MARYSVILLE CALIF (MYV) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM ON 5/10/2009.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR INTENDED ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS SIGHTSEEING IN THE LOCAL AREA.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1:10 PM PST.  THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE MALFUCNTION.  THERE WAS A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE, THEN A SHORT RESTART, FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE STOPPAGE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE REASON FOR THE STOPPAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND FUEL WAS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT.  THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURED AT 1100 FT. AGL WHILE HEADING APPROXIMATELY 090 DEGREES THE PILOT SPOTTED A LAVA BED COMING FROM A MOUNTANIOUS AREA AND LANDED ON THE LAVA BED.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AFTER LANDING DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND LOWER ENGINE AND COWLING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE NTSB HAS NOTIFIED A PRELIMANRY REPORT AT THIS TIME.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW.

## 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 WPR09LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA237), May 10, 2009: Cessna U206E (N1457M), Oroville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to an excessively lean mixture for undetermined reasons.

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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