# Accident 20180920013939A: Cessna TU206G, Brenham, TX, September 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2018, 15:22 local time
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3200° N, 96.3600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3200&lon=-96.3600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756NN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756NN-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,152 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180920013939A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSJT AT 10:40 AM ON A REMOTE SENSING FLIGHT WITH ON BOARD CAMERAS.  CONDUCTED PHOTOGRAPHY NE OF KSJT USING FLIGHT FOLLOWING THEN AFTER CONCEALING FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEEDED VFR IN GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SECOND PHOTO AREA NORTH OF KGVT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH GOOD VISIBILITY. UPON COMPLETING PHOTO GRIDS, DETERMINED DISTANCE, WEATHER, AND FUEL REQUIREMENTS TO PROCEED TO 11R.  USING THE CLOCK, FUEL GAUGES, AND ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL CGR-30P ENGINE MONITOR, PILOT DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD BE ADEQUATE FUEL WITH ABOUT 45 MINUTES RESERVE FUEL REMAINING UPON LANDING AT 11R.

PROCEEDED DIRECTLY TO 11R.  MONITORING KCLL TOWER AND ATIS .  WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH ABOUT 2500 FEET WITH THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT PILOT MADE RADIO CALL TO REPORT FIVE MILES OUT ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 16. ( AT THIS POINT, THE ENGINE BEGAN SURGING DUE TO FUEL STARVATION WHICH IS PILOT NORMAL PROCEDURE TO EMPTY ONE TANK COMPLETELY THEN SWITCH TO ALTERNATE TANK AFTER ENGINE BEGINS SHUTDOWN.)SWITCHING  FROM LEFT TANK TO RIGHT FUEL TANK.  PILOT EXPECTING ENGINE POWER TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY WHICH IT DID NOT, AT THIS POINT LANDING  IN A NEARBY FIELD WAS THE ONLY OPTION.

COMING TO STOP WITH SUBSTANTAL DAMAGE NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR18LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA271), Sep 20, 2018: Cessna TU206 (N756NN), Brenham, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel management during the landing approach, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was his failure to follow the…

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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