# Accident 20051209029879A: Emb EMB110P1, Orangeburg, SC, December 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2005, 23:00 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Airport: Orangeburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BQTA
- Location: 33.4633° N, 80.8592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4633&lon=-80.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N790RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N790RA-2010-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB110P1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 75 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051209029879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/10/05 AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM SAV TO CAE WHEN PILOT DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL AND WAS DIVERTED TO OGB. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES QUIT PRODUCING POWER SHORT OF THE OGB AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES AND GROUND. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED INJURIES.

## 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 ATL06LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA022), Dec 10, 2005: Embraer EMB-110P1 (N790RA), Orangeburg, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and her failure to refuel the airplane which resulted in total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and subsequent in-flight collision with trees.

## Other reports on N790RA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951212043939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951212043939I), Dec 12, 1995: Emb EMB110P1 (N790RA), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on December 12, 1995 bandeirante aircraft N790RA, model Emb-110, owned and operated by business air inc., departed corpus christi international at…

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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