19971210042379I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Houston, TX · December 10, 1997

Date
December 10, 1997 · 17:55 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GUZA
Aircraft
N208AJ
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total50 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on dec. 10, 1997, king air N208AJ departed Houston hobby airport, the load manifest indicated 3600 lbs of fuel was on board the aircraft. The aircraft made a total of five stops including a repositioning flight for a charter to bush Intercontinental airport logging 4.8 flight hrs. Without refueling. N208AJ was on the final leg for this chartered flight, landing at bush Intercontinental airport. The pilot stated the right engine low pressure fuel light came on and the right engine began to spool down. He turned the cross feed on and the right engine ran normal. The pilot requested and received clearance to land on runway 14R. He stated, after landing and clearing the runway both engines flamed out. The pilot also stated, the fuel gauges read a total of 800 lbs. Of fuel at the time the engine flamed out. This information was given to the airworthiness unit. These issues are still under investigation at this time.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON DEC. 10, 1997, KING AIR N208AJ DEPARTED HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT, THE LOAD MANIFEST INDICATED 3600 LBS OF FUEL WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A TOTAL OF FIVE STOPS INCLUDING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FOR A CHARTER TO BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT LOGGING 4.8 FLIGHT HRS. WITHOUT REFUELING. N208AJ WAS ON THE FINAL LEG FOR THIS CHARTERED FLIGHT, LANDING AT BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THE RIGHT ENGINE LOW PRESSURE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPOOL DOWN. HE TURNED THE CROSS FEED ON AND THE RIGHT ENGINE RAN NORMAL. THE PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14R. HE STATED, AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY BOTH ENGINES FLAMED OUT. THE PILOT ALSO STATED, THE FUEL GAUGES READ A TOTAL OF 800 LBS. OF FUEL AT THE TIME THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT. THIS INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THE AIRWORTHINESS UNIT. THESE ISSUES ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME.