# Accident 19990511040819A: Cessna T188C, Death Valley, CA, May 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Airport: Stovepipe Wells Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5993° N, 116.8299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5993&lon=-116.8299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9603J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9603J-2004-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990511040819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA N9603J, LOST POWER DUE TO FULL DEPLETION. A/C THEN CRASH LANDED UPON SAND DUNES LOCATED APPROX. ONE MILE NE OF STOVEPIPE WELLS AIRPORT WITHIN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. UNABLE TO COMPLETE PILOT INFORMATION BLOCKS AS PILOT REFUSES TO RETURN PHONE CALLS TO THIS INSPECTOR.

## 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 LAX99LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA182), May 11, 1999: Cessna T188C (N9603J), Stovepipe Wells, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion resulting from the pilot becoming lost and disoriented on a cross-country flight.

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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