# Accident 20190918015629A: Steiner Harold A RV-4, Quitman, MS, September 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2019, 17:55 local time
- Place: Quitman, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0056° N, 88.6128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0056&lon=-88.6128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64HS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64HS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steiner Harold A RV-4 (registry code 056081A, https://openairdocs.org/model/steiner-harold-a-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEINER HAROLD A RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19TA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190918015629A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT INTENDED TO LAND AT MERIDIAN, MS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON DESCENT INTO MEI. AT 4500' THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON COUNTY ROAD 630 EAST OF QUITMAN, MS. DURING DESCENT, THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH TREE BRANCHES OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. PROPELLER CONTACT MARKS WERE VISIBLE ON THE ROADWAY. THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED TAMPA, FL FULL OF FUEL AND WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT IS SOUNDED LIKE FUEL EXHAUSTION. NO SIGNS OR SMELL OF FUEL WERE VISIBLE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY, NO SIGNS OF USABLE FUEL WERE NOTED.

## 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 CEN19TA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA335), Sep 18, 2019: Vans RV 4 (N64HS), De Soto, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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