Cessna TU206G N732ZF

Summary

On 7 December 1986 at about 02:25 local time, a Cessna TU206G registered N732ZF, operated by John A. Giddings, was involved in an accident near Jean, Nevada, United States. 7 people were on board and 6 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 December 1986 at 02:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Jean, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

McCarran Intl (LAS)

Coordinates

35.7493, -115.5303

Aircraft

Cessna TU206G

Registration

N732ZF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John A. Giddings

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mojave → Las Vegas

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA87MA035

6 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE EN ROUTE AT NIGHT ON AN IFR FLT PLAN, THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLT WAS PROVIDED VECTORS TOWARD A HIWAY FOR A FORCED LNDG. HOWEVER, BEFORE REACHING THE AREA OF THE HIWAY, THE ACFT CRASHED ON RISING TERRAIN AT AN ELEV OF ABOUT 4000 FT. EXCEPT FOR LACK OF FUEL, NO PREIMPACT ACFT OR ENG PROBLEM WAS FND. APRX 26 MI NNE, THE 1838 PST LAS VEGAS WX WAS IN PART: ESTIMATED 400 FT BROKEN, 1500 FT OVERCAST, VIS 4 MI WITH FOG & LGT RAIN. THE ELEV OF THE WX FACILITY WAS 2174 FT. AN INV REVEALED THE ACFT HAD BEEN FULLY SERVICED WITH FUEL ON 12/3/86 & HAD FLOWN APRX 4 HRS PRIOR TO THE ACDNT FLT. NO RECORD WAS FND OF ANY FURTHER REFUELING. THE ACFT HAD A FUEL CAPACITY OF 88 GAL, OF WHICH, 4 GAL WAS CONSIDERED AS UNUSABLE. ACCORDING TO AN ESTIMATE BASED ON FLT MANUAL INFO, THE ACFT WOULD HAVE CONSUMED NEARLY88 GAL OF FUEL SINCE THE LAST KNOWN REFUELING. ON 9/3/86, WHEN THE PLT TOOK A MED EXAM, HE RPRTD HE HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF 2930 HRS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.