# Accident 20150802017619A: Cessna 206, Pecos, TX, August 2, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Pecos, TX
- Airport: Pecos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3825° N, 103.5108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3825&lon=-103.5108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5033U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5033U-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA366) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150802017619A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 02, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT, N5033U, A CESSNA 206, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AT PECOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KPEQ) LOCATED IN PECOS, TEXAS.  PILOT WAS INTENDING TO DROP CANTALOUPES AT AN ANNUAL AIRPORT CONTEST.  DURING THE DESCENT TO RELEASE A CANTALOUPE THE PILOT REALIZED HE MAY HAVE HAD A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE DESERT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM RUNWAY 14.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO WING LEADING EDGES, ENGINE PROPELLER, LEFT HORIZONTAL, LOWER AFT FUSELAGE FRAMES AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND WAS ABLE TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN15LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA366), Aug 2, 2015: Cessna 206 (N5033U), Pecos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N5033U (3)

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

- [Incident 20020424011719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424011719I), Apr 24, 2002: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5033U), Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman was repositioning aircraft from the north general aviation ramp to his hangar on the south side of the airport. Control tower reported wind…
- [Incident 19960526029729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960526029729I), May 26, 1996: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5033U), West Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft departed for paradrop operation. At altitude, jump door was opened and latched. When last jumper exited, door accidentally released from…
- [Incident 19900407018719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900407018719I), Apr 7, 1990: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5033U), West Fargo, ND, 1 fatal. One jumpers chute wrapped around anothers riser lines. Both cut away. Fatality did not attempt to pull reserve chute

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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