Cessna U206G accident near Kerrville, Texas, July 25, 2025
On July 25, 2025, a 1978 Cessna U206G, registered N756XY, was substantially damaged in an accident during enroute near Kerrville, Texas (N/A airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to confirm the fuel quantity before flight which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 25, 2025
- Place
- Kerrville, Texas · N/A · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206G, built 1978 · all U206Gs on the register
- Registration
- N756XY · registry record · serial U20604450
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was planning an evening flight in the local area. The engine run-up, takeoff, and initial portion of the flight were normal. About 20 minutes after takeoff, the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to restore engine power by switching fuel tanks; however, those efforts were unsuccessful. He subsequently executed a forced landing to a road and during the rollout, the right wing impacted a tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. A postaccident examination revealed a small amount of fuel remained in the left fuel tank, and the right tank contained less than one quart of fuel. The fuel tanks and fuel system were not compromised. The pilot reported checking the airplane fuel quantity before the flight using the cockpit gauges which indicated near full. He acknowledged that the fuel quantity was not visually checked during the preflight inspection, and that he relied solely on the fuel gauges. He added that the fuel gauges were unreliable in the past, and the fuel sender units had been replaced; however, the fuel gauges continued to “wobble significantly” after the sender units were replaced.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Fuel starvation during enroute defining event
- Loss of engine power (total) during enroute
- Off-field or emergency landing during emergency descent
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware › Fluids › Fuel › Fluid level
- Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware › Fluids › Fuel › Inadequate inspection
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Inspection › Preflight inspection › Pilot
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 276 hours in all; 194 in this make and model; 6 in the last 90 days; 2 in the last 30 days; 217 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: March 21, 2025
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,989 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, January 3, 2025; 20 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,600 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520-F9B (piston); 3,989 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: T82 Fredericksburg TX
- Destination: T82 Fredericksburg TX
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 170° at 10 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 91°F (33°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observation at 7:15 pm from KERV, 6 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KERV 240015Z AUTO 17010G14KT 10SM CLR 33/17 A3001
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN25LA301.