# Accident 20110830019529A: Cessna TU206F, Bremerton, WA, August 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2011, 21:50 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5514° N, 122.7050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5514&lon=-122.7050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N338F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N338F-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA419) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110830019529A

## Narrative

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

8/31/11 - DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, HE REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, HE VERIFIED THAT HE HAD ABOUT 80 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE, WHICH EQUATED TO ABOUT 4 HOURS OF FUEL.  THE PILOT SAID HE DEPARTED HELENA AT 1900 MDT, DESTINED FOR BOEING FIELD IN SEATTLE.  FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL CRUISE FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 14,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), THE PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD JUST UNDER AN HOUR OF FUEL LEFT WHEN CROSSING WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. THE PILOT CROSSED THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE AND BEGAN HIS DECENT TOWARDS BOEING FIELD.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS VECTORED OUT WEST DURING HIS DECENT FOR THE WEST APPROACH TO BFI.  AS THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED THROUGH ABOUT 2,000 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOSE POWER.  DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE CONTROLLER ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS CLOSE TO BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO FIND THE AIRPORT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO AND INITIATED AN OFF FIELD LANDING INTO A CLUSTER OF TREES ON A RIDGE LINE OF GOLD MOUNTAIN.  THE PILOT ADDED THAT DURING THE ENTIRE FLIGHT, THERE WAS A HEADWIND.  ACCORDING TO THE ROC, THE PILOT TRANSMITTED TO THE CONTROLLER THAT HE HAD A "LOW FUEL CONDITION" AT SOME POINT DURING THE FLIGHT. ROC REPORTED THAT RADAR / RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST AT ABOUT 2150 PDT.

## 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 WPR11CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA419), Aug 31, 2011: Cessna TU206F (N338F), Bremerton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning.

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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