# Accident 20020117004399A: Cessna 340A, Temple, TX, January 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2002, 15:15 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0767° N, 97.3897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0767&lon=-97.3897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339S-2002-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020117004399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 17, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 HOURS, A CESSNA 340A TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , AND OPERATED BY MR. CARL HUFF OF ^PRIVACY DATA^, CRASHED IN TEMPLE, TX. AT APPROXIMATELY 1520, THE PILOT REPORTED TO ROBERT GRAY ARAC HE HAD FUEL STARVATION ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THE LEFT ENGINE HAD JUST QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES AND A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL RATED, AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. TWO MORE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FIRST OF 3 FLIGHT LEGS ORIGINATED THE MORNING OF JANUARY 17, 2002 AT WILLIAM P. HOBBY AIRPORT (HOU) IN HOUSTON, TX WHERE THE PILOT TOOK ON APPROXIMATELY 60 GALLONS OF FUEL BETWEEN BOTH TIP TANKS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KILLEEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ILE) IN KILLEEN, TX WHERE THE PILOT TOOK ON APPROXIMATELY 53 GALLONS OF FUEL BETWEEN BOTH TIP TANKS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ILE AND LANDED AT HOUSTON GULF AIRPORT (SPX) AND PICKED UP 4 MORE PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPX AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS ON ITS WAY BACK TO ILE WHEN THE MISHAP OCCURRED.

## 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 FTW02FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA070), Jan 17, 2002: Cessna 340A (N339S), Temple, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to follow the checklist to feather the…

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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