# NTSB investigations: Cessna 401: 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 ATL91LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA172.md): Cessna 401 · Jackson, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1991 · N13DT · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to select the main fuel tanks prior to the approach, resulting in fuel starvation and engine stoppage.
- [NTSB ATL91FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA148.md): Cessna 401 · Monroe, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1991 · N3298Q · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft fuel system was a related factor.
- [NTSB DEN86FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA099.md): Cessna 401 · Silver City, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1986 · N9867F · Substantial damage
  > The 2 com rated plts were returning from a part 135 flt at night. The fuel tanks were inadvertently not switched from mains to aux. Fuel starvation occurred when acft was at low altitude. Insufficient altitude remained to restart the engines. Acft impacted…
- [NTSB MIA86FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA071.md): Cessna 401 · Parkland, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1986 · N900PC · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that due to a miscalculation of his fuel supply, his loss of power was a result of fuel exhaustion.

## 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 ('207590C')
    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=207590C&occurrence=353

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