- Date
- June 5, 1988, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ellsworth, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4757FCessna TU206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880605017939A
- Case key
- 14086
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flight the pilot experienced an engine failure which he believed to be caused by fuel exhaustion, and executed a forced landing in unsuitable terrain. Post accident inspection revealed that the left fuel tank contained 23 gallons of fuel at the time of the accident, although both fuel guages read empty. Afterward the pilot said that he may have let air in the fuel lines when he rocked the wings in an attempt to get the fuel guages to indicate some fuel quantity, resulting in fuel starvation induced engine failure. No preflight inspection of the fuel quantity was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4757F
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206 0357
- Airframe hours
- 1,493
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lecander, Robert L.
- Registered owner
- Lecander, Robert L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1987 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- Elmwood, WI
- Destination
- RGK · Red Wing, MN
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 402 total · 310 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 34 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.