# NTSB SEA82FYM21: Cessna TU206G, N756XW, Hood River, OR, July 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1982, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Hood River, OR
- Coordinates: 45.609645, -121.580276 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6096&lon=-121.5803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82FYM21
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYM21

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base turn
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - emergency procedure - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604447
- Airframe hours: 815
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 31; 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

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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