- Date
- February 23, 1985, 19:05 local (Feb 24, 1985, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1539UCessna TU206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850223030799A
- Case key
- 40121
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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 acft landed short of rwy 13R at Boeing fld following a loss of pwr due to fuel exhaustion. The acft was topped off for a ttl of 108 gals of fuel before this third leg of a x-country flt. The plt stated that the eng ceased operating en route, however, pwr was regained when the fuel selector was switched from the right to the left main tank. While being vectored for an ILS apch to tacoma arpt, the eng ceased operating once again. Upon breaking out of the overcast the plt spotted Boeing flt and attempted the landing there. Both the left and right main an aux tanks were found empty after the accident and fuel stains were visible behind the refueling caps on both main tanks. The right main fuel cap was tested and found to leak severly. The left fuel cap tested normal. AD 84-10-01 which addresses leakage around the filler caps was reported to have been complied with 2 days prior to the accident. The bladder in the left main tank was found stuck up around the neck of the filler opening.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1539U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602247
- Airframe hours
- 620
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Austin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 21, 1985 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- CYPR · Prince Rupert
- Destination
- SEA · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field, runway 13R, 10,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,260 total · 238 in this make and model · 1,050 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.