# NTSB SEA87LA073: Cessna TU206-F, N71068, Reno, NV, April 4, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1987, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Reno, NV
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40605
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40605/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, dual student (cause)
  - maneuver - performed, dual student (cause)
  - emergency procedure - improper, dual student (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206-F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602119
- Airframe hours: 1193
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870404008459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870404008459A), Apr 4, 1987: Cessna TU206F, Reno, NV, Substantial damage. The aircraft force landed after engine failure. Student switched to an empty tank when attempting a restart.

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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