# Accident 20001104038939A: Dever Orgel P DEVER FIREFLY, Berlin, NJ, November 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2000, 12:45 local time
- Place: Berlin, NJ
- Airport: Camden County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7926° N, 74.9517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7926&lon=-74.9517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N306K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N306K-2002-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dever Orgel P DEVER FIREFLY (registry code 0566055, https://openairdocs.org/model/dever-orgel-p-dever-firefly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001104038939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATES, IN PART: "ABOUT 5 MINUTES INTO A TEST FLIGHT, FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL (CONDITIONAL) INSPECTION, AT ABOUT 1,000' ASL, THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING. CHANGING OF FUEL TANK, MAG, APPLICATION OF CARB HEAT, CHANGING OF MIXTURE, DID NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION...I CAME DOWN IN THE DENSE WOOD, ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM RUNWAY 23 TOUCH DOWN POINT". TWO INVESTIGATORS FROM THIS OFFICE INSPECTED THE A/C WRECKAGE. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN EITHER TANK, ONE TANK WAS BROKEN OPEN BY IMPACT. ALL OTHER ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEMS APPEARED IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION. AN EXAMINATION OF THE CARBURETOR FUEL BOWL FOUND NO FUEL. CONCLUSIONS FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BE FUEL STARVATION.

## 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 NYC01LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA026), Nov 4, 2000: Dever Firefly (N306K), Berlin, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of power for undetermined reasons.

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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