# Accident 19900708024419A: Beech 76, Gainesville, TX, July 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1990, 00:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6294° N, 97.1507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6294&lon=-97.1507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2008A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2008A-1993-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 24 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900708024419A

## Narrative

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

NOTICE LOW FUEL NEAR DESTINATION DIVERTED BUT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT.

## 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 FTW90LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA134), Jul 8, 1990: Beech BE-76 (N2008A), Gainsville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO INADEQUATE PLANNING BY THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N2008A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851226070269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851226070269I), Dec 26, 1985: Beech 76 (N2008A), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Bounced, made a go around. Struck a snowbank knocking off nosewheel. Landed at prior deparature point with gear up.

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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