# Accident 19910911039299A: Cessna 401, Jackson, TN, September 11, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1991, 19:02 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckellar-Sipes Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5999° N, 88.9156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5999&lon=-88.9156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13DT-1992-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,681 total, 659 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910911039299A

## Narrative

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

BOTH ENGINES QUIT ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. CRASH LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD AND BURNED. HAD FAILED SWITCH TO MAIN TANKS.

## 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 ATL91LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA172), Sep 12, 1991: Cessna 401 (N13DT), Jackson, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SELECT THE MAIN FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO THE APPROACH, RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION AND ENGINE STOPPAGE.

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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