- Date
- October 22, 1976
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N22NACessna P206
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761022034619A
- Case key
- 155909
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3234 76/10/22 NR.REDDING,CA CESSNA P206 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 495 TIME - 1330 N22NA PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENTON AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA REDDING,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DID NOT SWITCH TANKS WHEN L TANK WENT DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22NA
- Reported as
- Cessna P206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Benton Air Park
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.