19870917053379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Lubbock, TX · September 17, 1987

Date
September 17, 1987 · 01:52 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Airport
Lubbock International Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5449G
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87LA221
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Both engines quit turning final due to fuel starvation from fuel mismanagment. Pilot was being chased by dea plane.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINES QUIT TURNING FINAL DUE TO FUEL STARVATION FROM FUEL MISMANAGMENT. PILOT WAS BEING CHASED BY DEA PLANE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.