- Date
- March 25, 1983, 11:18 local (16:18 UTC)
- Place
- Waycross, GA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6009ABeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830325009779A
- Case key
- 6037
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During flt, the plt encountered strong headwinds & decided to divert to Waycross, GA. While using fuel from the right tank, the engine quit due to fuel starvation. The plt stated that this surprised him since the right fuel gauge needle was only slightly inside the red arc. He switched to the left tank, restarted the engine & continued toward the arpt which was in sight. While on final approach, the engine lost power again when the left tank became empty. Reportedly, the left fuel gauge was also only slightly in the red arc when the engine quit. Unable to glide to the rwy, the plt turned to land in a field. He reported that a high sink rate developed while he was crossing over telephone lines in a right bank to align with the field. Reportedly, the acft impacted while still in a right bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6009A
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,202
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bob Mcconkey, doing business as Aviation Instruction Inc.
- Registered owner
- Norman N. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- AMG · Alma, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AYS · Waycross-Ware
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 283 total · 40 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.