- Date
- April 4, 1987, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71068Cessna TU206-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870404008459A
- Case key
- 40605
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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
While on base leg a loss of power occurred. The student pilot selected right fuel tank and applied the fuel boost pump. A restart was not successful. The instructor pilot then took the controls of the aircraft. He selected a road to land on because there was insufficient altitude to reach the runway. Shortly after touchdown the nose gear struck a berm which sheared the nose gear. The aircraft then nosed over inverted. Examination of the aircraft revealed no abnormalities. No usable fuel remained in the right fuel tank. About 20 gallons of fuel was present in the left fuel tank. The engine was test run satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71068
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602119
- Airframe hours
- 1,193
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Schafhausen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- GEG · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4SD · Reno/Stead, runway 8, 7,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,083 total · 16 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 310 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.