# NTSB BFO85LIA01: Cessna U206, N7144Q, Leesburg, VA, August 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1985, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Location: 39.1028° N, 77.5545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1028&lon=-77.5545&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO85LIA01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LIA01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS ON A ROUND-ROBIN X-COUNTRY FLT FROM LEESBURG TO MANASSAS, VA, GAITHERSBURG, MD & RETURN TO LEESBURG. WHEN THE PLT DEPARTED GAITHERSBURG ON THE FINAL LEG OF THE FLT, HE ESTIMATED HE HAD 11 GAL OF FUEL. HE REPORTED THAT DURING ARRIVAL AT LEESBURG, THE ENG LOST POWER AS THE ACFT WAS TURNING ONTO FINAL APCH FOR RWY 35. AT THAT TIME, THE PLT NOTED THAT THE LEFT FUEL GAGE INDICATED ABOUT 3/8 FULL, SO HE MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THAT POSITION. REPORTEDLY, THE RIGHT FUEL GAGE INDICATED AT OR NEAR EMPTY. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENG. SUBSEQUENTLY, DURING AN EMERG LANDING, THE ACFT HIT A FENCE & NOSED OVER. NO USABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT DURING A POST-CRASH EXAM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7144Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7144Q), registered now, S/N U20603075, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603075
- Airframe hours: 6800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F-9 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Scott Whitaker Voorhees
- Registered owner: Alan M. Voorhees
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 22, 1985, 179 hours before
- Departed: GAI, GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Destination: W09
- Airport: WO9, Leesburg, runway 35, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 91 total, 14 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850816044189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850816044189A), Aug 16, 1985: Cessna U206F, Leesburg, VA, Substantial damage. Struck fence and flipped over after engine quit on final. Landed short of runway. Fuel exhaustion.

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.

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