- Date
- September 15, 1990, 17:30 local (Sep 16, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Puntilla Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N756JCCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900915039869A
- Case key
- 5454
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Probable cause
An inadequate preflight.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During cruise flight, the engine quit and the pilot elected to land on the tundra. The pilot-in-command stated the fuel pump failed during flight. Examination of the airplane's fuel system and both electric and engine driven fuel pumps revealed no mechanical malfunction or failure. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. Examination of the airplane shows signs of fuel contamination, I.e., water in both fuel lines and tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756JC
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604119
- Airframe hours
- 1,485
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ed Stevenson
- Registered owner
- Ed Stevenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1990 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- FWL · Farewell, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,500 total · 150 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.