- Date
- November 3, 1992, 20:24 local (Nov 4, 1992, 02:24 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Stockton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N925RRCessna U206D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921103044809A
- Case key
- 18612
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow published fuel system sumping procedures before flight and total loss of power due to water contaminated fuel. Factors were the drizzle and icing conditions and the lack of suitable 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
The airplane was in cruise flight on an instrument flight plan in a light drizzle and icing conditions when a total loss of power occurred. The pilot attempted to restart the engine during the forced landing. He remained in communication with ATC during the emergency descent toward the closest airport. The condition of light was dark night and the pilot reported that he did not break out of the weather until nearly reaching the ground. The landing area was rough uneven open prairie. The airplane was damaged during the landing. Post accident examination of the powerplant revealed water in the fuel system in the delivery line between the engine driven fuel pump to the fuel control valve. Additionally, water was found in the intake manifold. The water was drained and the engine was test run without incident. When asked by the FAA, the pilot did not know about the published fuel tank sumping procedure relative to trapped water in the bottom of the cells.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925RR
- Reported as
- Cessna U206D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1324
- Airframe hours
- 3,116
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Cameron, Roger
- Registered owner
- Cameron, Roger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- T82 · Fredericksburg, 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,103 total · 106 in this make and model · 24,603 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.