- Date
- June 24, 1990, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Allen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1568UCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900624021869A
- Case key
- 23144
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The concrete canal that he impacted was a factor.
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
Customs said the pilot took a load of electronic equipment to Mexico the day before. The pilot said he took two mexican citizens to Mexico the day before. During the return flight, on the base leg, the engine quit, and during the forced landing, the airplane impacted a concrete canal. The airplane received substantial damae, and the private pilot received minor injury. The airplane remained in the approach zone of the runway overnight. When it was examined it contained 8 to 10 gallons in the right wing and one gallon in a large plastic container in the rear of the airplane. The pilot said that during the time that he was trying to restart the engine, the fuel pump would not operate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1568U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700168
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Euinger, John L.
- Registered owner
- Miguel Zayas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- San Fernando
- Destination
- MFE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MFE · Mcallen-Miller Int'L, runway 13, 7,108 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 455 total · 10 in this make and model · 425 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 68 °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.
Other investigations on N1568U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.