# NTSB SEA84LA221: Cessna T206, N1949U, Austin, NV, September 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1984, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Austin, NV
- Coordinates: 39.539516, -117.190612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5395&lon=-117.1906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA221
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA221

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1949U-1990-01-16), registration cancelled 1990-01-16, S/N U20602303 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (registry code 2073353) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20602303
- Airframe hours: 2628
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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

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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