- Date
- July 17, 1982, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hood River, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N756XWCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71074
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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 eng failed as the plt switched from the left to right tank while turning base. He turned on the boost pump but the eng did not start. He switched back to the left tank & turned on the high boost. The eng failed to start & the acft crashed into an apple orchard. The passenger (also a plt) stated that the plt attempted to start the eng with full throttle, full mixture & boost pump on. In this model acft, if the eng-driven fuel pump is functioning & the aux pump switch is placed in the on position, an excessively rich fuel/air ratio is produced unless the mixture is leaned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756XW
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604447
- Airframe hours
- 815
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell O. Wagner
- Registered owner
- Russell O. Wagner
- Departed
- Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- 4S2 · Hood River, runway 25, 3,000 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,157 total · 105 in this make and model · 3,134 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Observed at
- PDX