- Date
- December 8, 1991, 19:00 local (Dec 9, 1991, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pasadena, TX
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N756DECessna U206G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911208055059A
- Case key
- 18345
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to the pilots' improper boost pump procedure. Factors were pilots' failure to follow checklist, dark night, and unsuitable terrain.
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
During a night ILS approach the pilot experienced a total engine power loss due to fuel starvation. The pilot made a VFR cross country flight to an uncontrolled airport. A VFR missed approach was made due to fog at the airport. The pilot requested an IFR clearance to a controlled field and was cleared for the ILS approach runway 17R. At the final approach fix the pilot reported engine problems and then stated that he had the engine back. He subsequently reported a total loss of engine power and that he would not make the airport. Radar contact was lost. The pilot stated to the safety board that he selected the left fuel tank at the initial power loss. He then attempted to select the boost pump, however, he could not verify that the boost pump had been selected in accordance with the manufacturers checklist. During the emergency descent the airplane impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756DE
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604001
- Airframe hours
- 12,069
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy W. Bell
- Registered owner
- Roy W. Bell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- Del Rio, TX
- Airport
- EFD · Ellington, runway 17, 9,000 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,554 total · 739 in this make and model · 4,464 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EFD, 4 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.