- Date
- May 1, 1993, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Xenia, OH
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N665MBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930501011429A
- Case key
- 11926
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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
Shortly after takeoff, both engines lost power. The pilot said he selected different fuel tanks, but could not restart the engines. He subsequently made a wheels-up forced landing in a field below his flight path. The pilot stated that he had performed a preflight inspection and that there was 4.1 gals in both the front left and right main fuel tanks. Examination of the airplane after the accident revealed a combined total of about 5 gals in the forward left and right tanks. The other four tanks were empty. The pilot stated that he had lost track of the flights flown that day and did not visually check the fuel. He also stated that he '...ran the airplane out of fuel.' According to Beech, all fuel in the airplane is usable except for a combined 6 gals in the left and right forward tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N665M
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-421
- Airframe hours
- 9,803
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Skydive Greene Co Inc
- Registered owner
- Skydive Greene Co Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- I20
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 11 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.