# Accident 19940828023979A: Cessna 320B, Hood River, OR, August 28, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1994, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hood River, OR
- Airport: Hood River Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6108° N, 121.5793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6108&lon=-121.5793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9833L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9833L-1995-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO470C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,475 total, 828 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA94LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940828023979A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE INTERMITIAN AND PARTIAL POWER LOSS. GOT BELOW VMC. CUT POWER. CRASHED. FUEL SELECTOR NOT IN DETENTE.

## 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 SEA94LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA223), Aug 28, 1994: Cessna 320B (N9833L), Hood River, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to insure that the fuel selector was in the proper position which resulted in fuel starvation.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.