Cessna U206E N1457M
10 May 2009 · Oroville, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 May 2009 at about 20:10 local time, a Cessna U206E registered N1457M was involved in an accident near Oroville, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Oroville, California, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.5825, -121.5633
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206E
- Registration
- N1457M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Marysville → Marysville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR09LA237
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to an excessively lean mixture for undetermined reasons.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane owner/pilot departed for a personal flight with 55 gallons of fuel in the airplane's fuel tanks. After flying for nearly 40 minutes all engine power was suddenly lost. The pilot reported that, because he was only 1,100 feet above the ground, he had limited time to attempt an engine restart. Therefore, the pilot concentrated on performing the forced landing. The pilot landed in an open field. During rollout on the uneven terrain, the nose gear collapsed and the firewall was bent. Subsequently, the airplane was recovered and examined and no anomalies were found. The engine was test run and no evidence of any mechanical malfunction was noted. The airplane was equipped with an engine monitoring system that retained various engine related operating parameters. The extracted nonvolatile memory data revealed that the engine's exhaust gas temperature peaked a few seconds before the fuel flow decreased to zero and all power was lost. The data was consistent with an interruption of fuel flow to the engine due to an overly lean mixture; however, the investigation could not determine the cause of the excessively lean mixture.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna U206E accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2009 | Cessna U206E | Crane Island, San Juan Is., Washington, United States | Rugby Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 2011 | Cessna U206E | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Great Northern Air LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Apr 2005 | Cessna U206E | Yakutat, Alaska, United States | Yakutat Coastal | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 2005 | Cessna U206E | Skwentna, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Nov 2005 | Cessna U206E | Ituango, Colombia | Servicios Aereos Ltda. | Fatal | 6 |
| 19 Jun 2014 | Cessna U206E | Cerro Militar, Municipio de Calima, Colombia | Pacific RIM Aviation LLC | Fatal | 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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