- Date
- January 15, 1986, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- West Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N441CDCessna 441
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860115001129A
- Case key
- 7004
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During final approach the plt noticed acft flying 'unusual' and elected go-around. During power-up, the acft lost power and a forced landing was made on a residential street near the arpt. The plt stated that he had inadvertenly placed the fuel selector in x-feed and had exhausted the fuel supply in the right wing by feeding both engines. There were no reported mechanical problems prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441CD
- Reported as
- Cessna 441
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 441-0131
- Airframe hours
- 1,069
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE331-8, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Colonial Oil Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 17, 1985 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Destination
- CAE · West Columbia, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia Metro, runway 11, 8,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,053 total · 873 in this make and model · 14,002 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 1 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.