# Accident 20040414016669A: Beech 300BEECH, Port Orange, FL, April 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2004, 19:21 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0781° N, 81.0444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0781&lon=-81.0444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301KS-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040414016669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THIRTY MINUTE FLIGHT TO DESTINATION (1200 LBS) BUT COULD NOT RECALL GAUGE READING PRIOR TO ENGINE START. WHILE IN CRUISE HE NOTICED THE GAUGES READ 450 # RIGHT TANK, 100 # LEFT TANK. HE THEN SELECTED THE FUEL CROSS FEED SWITCH TOWARDS THE RIGHT TANK, IN A SUBSEQUENT LEFT TURN THE ENGINES BOTH FLAMED OUT, HE MADE TWO MORE LEFT TURNS THE LAST AT 100' ABOVE HOUSES AND TREES, AGAIN BOTH ENGINES FLAMED OUT.

## 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 MIA04LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA071), Apr 15, 2004: Beech Be-300 (N301KS), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate management of the airplane's fuel system, which resulted in fuel starvation, a loss of engine power, a forced landing, and damage to the airplane during the landing.

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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