NTSB investigations, 2014
52 cases where the sequence of events included Fuel exhaustion.
Cases per year
| 2008 | 54 |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 58 |
| 2010 | 56 |
| 2011 | 37 |
| 2012 | 36 |
| 2013 | 41 |
| 2014 | 52 |
| 2015 | 45 |
| 2016 | 45 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 42 |
| 2020 | 41 |
| 2021 | 29 |
| 2022 | 43 |
| 2023 | 49 |
| 2024 | 36 |
| 2025 | 39 |
| 2026 | 24 |
Where
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 2014
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.\"tier2Number\" = '192' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE \"isDefiningEvent\"))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 2014 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '192' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB CEN15CA067Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 210 · Edinburg, TXThe loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the non-certificated pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inflight decision making.NTSB CEN15LA064Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 24-250 · Berrien Springs, MIThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA055Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 28-181 · Strasburg, COThe exhaustion of the fuel supply resulting in a complete loss of engine power.NTSB ERA15CA048Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 177 · Landrum, SCThe pilot's improper preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15LA031Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210M · Brownsville, TXA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning.NTSB CEN15CA033Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Quincy, ILThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in the total loss of power to both engines due to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent forced landing in a field. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's decision to use the slower emergency hand-pump to…NTSB ERA15CA018Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 206B · Prattville, ALThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA006Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 31-350 · Glenham, SDThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in losses of power on both engines due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN15CA001Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 25-235 · Yankton, SDThe pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ANC14LA091Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper J3 · Ft. Yukon, AKThe pilot's improper preflight inspection and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent forced landing.NTSB WPR14CA389Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA25 - 260 · Mokuleia, HIThe pilot's improper preflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA440Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 28-180 · St. Petersburg, FLA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management.NTSB ERA14LA434Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172P · Spruce Creek, FLA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilots’ improper preflight and in-flight fuel planning.NTSB ERA14LA424Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportSocata TBM 700 · Caribbean Sea, A1The design of the cabin pressurization system, which made it prone to unnecessary shutdown, combined with a checklist design that prioritized troubleshooting over ensuring that the pilot was sufficiently protected from hypoxia. This resulted in a loss of…NTSB CEN14LA472Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOhlgren Brent E RV-6A · Marshalltown, IAA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's misjudgment of the amount of fuel onboard prior to flight.NTSB ERA14LA411Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Creedmoor, NCThe pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment due to alcohol ingestion.NTSB CEN14CA479Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportQuicksilver 2S · Frontenac, MNThe loss of engine power during cruise due to fuel exhaustion resulting in a forced landing on a cornfield.NTSB ERA14WA393Accident · 4 fatalForeign investigationCessna 340A · Freeport, BahamasNTSB ERA14LA383Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChristen Industries Pitts S · Sarasota, FLA total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the flight instructor's inadequate preflight fuel planning.NTSB ERA14LA355Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPipistrel Alpha Trainer · Pompano Beach, FLThe pilot’s miscalculation of the fuel quantity requirements, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA342Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHolmlund Victor P Auriga · Manville, NJThe pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA336Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech C24R · Titusville, FLThe pilot's failure to secure the fuel strainer drain during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14LA350Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 28R-200 · Mt. Vernon, TXThe pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ANC14LA052Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAeronca 7BCM · Palmer, AKThe pilot’s failure to ensure adequate fuel was onboard to complete the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the improperly calibrated fuel quantity indication system.NTSB CEN14LA347Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172H · Baytown, TXThe pilot’s failure to verify the fuel onboard before the flight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA344Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 25-235 · Rhinelander, WIA loss of engine power due to the pilot's improper inflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA365Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182A · Geneseo, ILThe pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel supply, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA303Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 28-180 · Port Isabel, TXA loss of engine power due to the pilot's improper inflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14LA293Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKnauf RV-7 · Rockwall, TXThe pilot's failure to verify the airplane's actual fuel quantity before departure, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent forced landing.NTSB WPR14LA237Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCraig W Sherman Super Glasair TT · Madera, CAThe loosening of a B-nut in the fuel system which resulted in a rapid, undetected fuel leak and subsequent fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14LA298Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-802A · Oneida, ARThe pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power at low altitude due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing in a muddy field and subsequent nose-over.NTSB CEN14LA290Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTeunis Starduster TOO SA300 · Fort Worth, TXThe non-certificated pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power during takeoff due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA275Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportUnknown Buccaneer SX · Wagoner, OKThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control following a loss of engine power during takeoff. Contributing was the pilot's inadequate fuel management that led to fuel starvation/exhaustion and the loss of engine power.NTSB CEN14LA261Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-25-235 · Boulder, COThe pilot's failure to adequately monitor the airplane's actual fuel consumption rate, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14CA265Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDivis S L/Waltrip A J RV 4 · Harpswell, METhe pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight planning which resulted in total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14FA260Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman American Avn. AA1B · Chester, SCThe pilot's inadequate inflight fuel monitoring, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the loose fuel cap, which allowed fuel to syphon out in flight.NTSB ERA14IA249Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportEmbraer EMB-110P1 · Warren, VTThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14LA227Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Covington, TNThe pilot’s improper preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power over unsuitable terrain.NTSB CEN14CA227Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 24-250 · New Braunfels, TXThe loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inflight decision making.NTSB ERA14CA210Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportJerome A Baak CH 601XL · Sumter, SCThe total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the fuel exhaustion was the pilot's failure during the building process to properly determine the unusable quantity of fuel.NTSB CEN14FA219Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBellanca 17 30A · Sweetwater, TXThe pilot’s inadequate inflight fuel management, which led to a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion or starvation.NTSB ERA14CA206Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172I · Huntsville, ALThe pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.NTSB CEN14LA194Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210M · Lee's Summit, MOThe pilots’ inadequate preflight planning and fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a loss of engine power, and a forced landing on a soft field. Contributing to the accident was the flying pilot’s improper use of flaps during the forced landing.NTSB ERA14CA171Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Carlisle, PAThe pilot's decision to depart with a known mechanical malfunction and his improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and subsequent impact with terrain during an off-airport landing.NTSB ERA14FA162Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Safety Harbor, FLThe pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to cocaine use.NTSB ERA14LA156Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 402B · Stuart, FLThe pilot’s improper preflight planning and fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of power in both engines due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA137Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 18-150 · Gordon, NEA loss of engine power due to the pilot's improper planning and miscalculation of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.NTSB ERA14CA118Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBellanca 7KCAB · Sussex, NJThe pilot's improper preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN14CA125Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 310I · Aurora, COLoss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.NTSB ERA14CA104Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMooney M20C · Rutherfordton, NCThe pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning and in-flight monitoring of the fuel level which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.