- Date
- May 6, 1983, 17:47 local (22:47 UTC)
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2198FCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830506018219A
- Case key
- 12163
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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
The acft made a forced landing off arpt after the engine lost power on the approach. The plt said he was using fuel fromthe right engine when the engine started to sputter. The plt switched to the left tank and tried to restart the engine to no avail. The acft was landed in a soft uneven field and the nose gear collapsed. The right fuel tank was found to be empty and the selector was to the left tank which was about half full. Air was found in the fuel lines. The acft CARRIED700 lbs of cargo which was not secured in the acft. The landing took place about 1/2 mile from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2198F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060398
- Airframe hours
- 4,459
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Washington Aeronautics Co.,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- DYC · Washington, IN
- Airport
- HUF · Hulman Regional, runway 18, 4,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,327 total · 57 in this make and model · 1,132 as pilot in command · 178 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2198F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.