# NTSB ATL86FMG03: Cessna 441, N441CD, West Columbia, SC, January 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1986, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: West Columbia, SC
- Coordinates: 33.990005, -81.079193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9900&lon=-81.0792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7004
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FMG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7004/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FMG03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441CD-2006-12-20), registration cancelled 2006-12-20, S/N 441-0259 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Registry model: [Cessna 441](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (registry code 2076020) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 441-0131
- Airframe hours: 1069
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860115001129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860115001129A), Jan 15, 1986: Cessna 441, Columbia, SC, Substantial damage. Pilot went around due to controlability problem. Engines failed from fuel starvation. Pilot failed to switch tanks.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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