# NTSB investigations: Beech A23A: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB MIA93LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA116.md): Beech A23A · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 1993 · N2312W · Substantial damage
  > Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and poor preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to request winds aloft during the weather briefing.
- [NTSB ATL93LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA014.md): Beech A23A · Cumming, GA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1992 · N3690Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to use the fuel boost pump when the engine malfunctioned during take off.
- [NTSB MIA89LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA125.md): Beech A23 · Lakeland, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 1989 · N2326W · Substantial damage
  > Improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel starvation, while the fuel selector was positioned to a tank with the least amount of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the faulty fuel quantity indication for the right tank.
- [NTSB CHI86LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA072.md): Beech A23A · Hastings, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 18, 1986 · N6900Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot estimated he had 13 gallons of fuel on board for the estimated fifty minute flight. He estimated his fuel burn at nine gallons per hour giving him an hour and twenty five minute fuel endurance. He ran out of fuel an hour and twenty five minutes…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151208')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151208&occurrence=353

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