# Accident 19971102031669A: Cessna 402B, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1997, 17:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AFWA
- Location: 26.0903° N, 80.1502° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0903&lon=-80.1502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69312, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69312-2009-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,017 total, 2,175 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971102031669A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON APPROACH AFTER CIRCLING DUE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. HIT APPROACH LIGHTS SHORT RWY. REPORTED OUT OF FUEL (-23) ON NOVEMBER 2, 1997, AT ABOUT 1653 HOURS CESSNA 402B AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO DONOVAN AIRCRAFT, ON FINAL APPROACH TO FLL RWY 27L HAD A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND THEN ATTEMPTED A LANDING BUT THE DID NOT HOLD UP SO HE TOOK OFF AGAIN FLY AROUND WHILE HE TRIED TO CYCLE THE GEAR AND DO A MANUAL EXTENSION. AT ABOUT 1740 HOURS AS HE BEGAN THE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27L THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT HE GOT IT STARTED AGAIN THEN BOTH ENGINES BEGAN TO SURGE HE SWITCHED THE FUEL THANKS TO CROSSFEED, THEN BOTH ENGINES QUIT.  THE PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL TANKS TO LEFT AUXILIARY, RESTARTED THE LEFT ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE.  HE CONTINUED INBOUND AND AT APPROXIMATELY AN 1/4 OF A MILE FROM THE RUNWAY THE LEFT ENGINE QUIT AGAIN.  THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING COLLIDING WITH THE APPROACH LIGHTS, LANDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND THE PERIMETER FENCE THEN CAME TO REST 100 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  ALL PASSENGERS AND PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJUR                                  Y. AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT, FERNANDO SEREIX, STATED TO THE FAA INSPECTOR THOMAS LAIRD, THAT "I RAN OUT FUEL."  A REVIEW OF THE TOWER TAPES ALSO CONFIRMED HIS STATEMENT.  FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO SIGN OF FUEL IN THE TANKS OR LINES TO THE ENGINES.  THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS TOO BADLY DAMAGED TO EVALUATE WHAT FAILED IN THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK SYSTEM.

## 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 MIA98LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA019), Nov 2, 1997: Cessna 402B (N69312), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper management of fuel resulting in a total loss of engine power on both engines due to fuel exhaustion.

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.