Cessna T207A N6427H

Summary

On 27 May 2001 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna T207A registered N6427H, operated by Lake Mead Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Kanab, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 May 2001 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kanab, Utah, United States

Coordinates

37.2708, -112.2297

Aircraft

Cessna T207A

Registration

N6427H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lake Mead Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marble Canyon → Kanab

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN01LA102

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate fuel consumption planning, and the subsequent fuel starvation, which resulted in a loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed for the cross-country flight with 10 gallons of fuel in the left tank and 17 gallons of fuel in the right tank. He leveled off and reduced to cruise power. He said he was "preparing to make switch from left to right tank....just before I could make the switch, the engine lost power." He attempted to switch tanks and restart the engine, but could not get a restart. He performed a forced landing to a dirt road. During the landing roll, the left wing struck a tree and the airplane rotated 180 degrees. The engine was torn from the mount, both wing spars were bent, and the empennage sustained substantial damage. A salvage team member noted, during the airplanes recovery, that there were approximately 10 to 15 gallons of fuel in the left tank; he said the right fuel tank was empty.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.