- Date
- April 24, 1984, 12:19 local (20:19 UTC)
- Place
- Modesto, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9591GCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840424014289A
- Case key
- 24242
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft departed at 0950 hrs with 55 to 60 gals of fuel on board. At 1219 hrs the acft was cruising at 6500 ft when total power loss occurred. The pilot attempted a forced landing on rwy 28 at modesta city arpt. Pilot was unable to fly the acft to the arpt and landed hard about 300 ft short of the rwy. Examination of the acft disclosed fuel stains trailing from the fuel caps to the trailing edges of the wings. The fuel caps were determined not to be seating properlyand allowing fuel to siphon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9591G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20601791
- Airframe hours
- 1,104
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tate, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- L16 · Huntington Bch, CA
- Destination
- 041 · Woodland, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MOD · Modesto City, runway 28, 5,911 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,539 total · 43 in this make and model · 1,397 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.