- Date
- September 15, 1984, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1949UCessna T206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40005
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
Personnel employed by the operator stated that the pilot flew the acft for 1.8 hours the night before the accident. Without refueling, the plt flew for 3.6 hours when the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing roll the acft traveled across a road and into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1949U
- Reported as
- Cessna T206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20602303
- Airframe hours
- 2,628
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Evergreen Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 27, 1984 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- MZJ · Marana, AZ
- Destination
- BAM · Battle Mountain, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- None
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 219 total · 39 in this make and model · 177 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F