- Date
- February 18, 1989, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5175UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890218002249A
- Case key
- 22836
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Probable cause
The pilot's inaccurate fuel consumption calculations and improper positioning of the fuel tank selector valve.
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 aircraft was being vectored for an IFR approach when the engine lost all power. A forced landing was executed to a field with trees. The aircraft collided with several trees and terrain, then nosed over. Approximately one to two gallons of usable fuel were remaining in the selected tank, approximately 8 gallons of usable fuel remained in the other tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5175U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060175
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. & Arvonne Degenfelder
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,674 total · 31 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 6 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.