# Accident 19890501010659A: Cessna 320D, Wixom, MI, May 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wixom, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7796° N, 82.9304° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7796&lon=-82.9304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N132BC-1992-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,275 total, 2,110 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890501010659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON A PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT. CRASH LANDED IN TREES ON FORCED LANDING. FAILED TO CHECK FUEL PRIOR FLIGHT

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA082), May 1, 1989: Cessna 320D (N132BC), Wixom, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT'S INATTENTION TO THE FUEL SYSTEM DURING PREFLIGHT AND INADEQUATE FUEL SYSTEM MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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