# Accident 20200509004869A: Cessna 402C, Hampton, GA, May 9, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2020, 15:13 local time
- Place: Hampton, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3758° N, 84.2972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3758&lon=-84.2972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4661N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4661N-2021-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,350 total, 11 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200509004869A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 09, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 0920, AIRCRAFT N4661N, CESSNA MODEL 402C DEPARTED FALCON FIELD (FFC) IN PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA FOR AERIAL PHOTO SESSION. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 14,400 FEET IN APPROXIMATELY 21 MINUTES AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT STARTED HIS FIRST PASS AT 14,400 FEET AT A SPEED OF 155KTS. AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON SITE PERFORMING SEVERAL PASSES STARTING WITH FIRST PASS TO THE  WEST AND TURNING 180 DEGREES BACK  TO THE EAST THIS CONTINUE FOR APPROXIMATELY (4 HOURS 50 MINUTES). AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN IN THE AIR FOR APPROXIMATELY (5 HOURS 10 MINUTES) SINCE DEPARTING FFC. AT APPROXIMATELY 1431 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AERIAL PHOTO SITE AND STARTED IT?S DESCEND FROM 14,300 FEET FOR RETURN FLIGHT BACK TO FFC FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT LEVEL OFF AT 4,200 AT 1450 LOCAL TIME, DESCEND TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES TOTAL TIME, AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN IN THE AIR APPROXIMATELY (5 HOURS 30 MINUTES). AT 1513 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM RUNWAY 24 HAMPTON AIRPORT (HMP) IN HAMPTON GEORGIA. AIRCRAFT WAS IN FLIGHT FOR A TOTAL OF 5 HOURS 52 MINUTES,

PILOTS HAD AIRCRAFT TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLIGHT. PILOTS CALCULATION?S SHOW THE AIRCRAFT SHOULD BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN FLIGHT FOR 7 HOURS. NEITHER PILOT DURING PREFLIGHT CHECK TANKS TO SEE IF THEY WERE IN FACT TOPPED OFF.

## 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 ERA20CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA176), May 9, 2020: Cessna 402 (N4661N), Hampton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A dual total loss of engine power as a result of 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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