# NTSB LAX84LA269: Cessna U206F, N9591G, Modesto, CA, April 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1984, 12:19 local (20:19 UTC)
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Coordinates: 37.630466, -120.969772 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6305&lon=-120.9698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24242
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA269
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24242/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA269

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel system,cap - loose (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - siphoning (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - fuel supply - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command
  - stall, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9591G-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N U20601791, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20601791
- Airframe hours: 1104
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840424014289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840424014289A), Apr 24, 1984: Cessna U206F, Modesto, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Crash landed short of runway. Leaky fuel caps allowed fuel to siphon from tanks.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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