- Date
- February 9, 1993, 18:53 local (Feb 10, 1993, 00:53 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N861CPCessna 337D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930209002159A
- Case key
- 8685
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to ensure an adequate fuel supply for the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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
The commercial pilot cancelled his IFR flight plan and proceeded visually to land on runway 19. Night, VMC prevailed. The aircraft crashed into a hill which was located about 110 feet short of the runway threshold. An inspection of the wreckage revealed that both front and rear engine propellers were feathered. There were about 4 gallons of fuel recovered from the entire fuel system; including 3 gallons from the left, auxiliary tank. There were 2 and 20 ounces of fuel in the left and right main tanks, respectively. There was no evidence of pre or post crash fuel leakage. The pilot did not remember the accident due to head injuries, but he reported that he departed orlando, FL with 5 hours fuel on board (96 gallons). The accident occurred about 3 hours and 40 minutes into the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N861CP
- Reported as
- Cessna 337D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-1060
- Airframe hours
- 3,252
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Plateau Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Plateau Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1992 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JWN · John C. Tune, runway 19, 5,500 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 2,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 10 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.