- Date
- December 13, 2025, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stroud, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5879NRockwell International 114
- Defining event
- Enroute: Fuel exhaustion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 202241
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of power due to fuel exhaustion.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he contacted air traffic control (ATC) and told them that he had an emergency fuel situation. ATC diverted him to the closest airport. The pilot landed the airplane short of the runway, the landing gear collapsed, the airplane skidded across the runway threshold, and came to rest on the runway. The fuselage and left wing were substantially damaged. A postaccident inspection revealed that both the left and right wing fuel tanks were empty. Neither fuel tank was compromised. The pilot stated that he recently purchased the airplane and he was surprised that it burned more fuel than he anticipated. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5879N
- Reported as
- Rockwell International 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14424
- Built
- 1978
- Engine
- Lycoming IO540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SUD · Stroud Municipal Airport, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 63
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 241 total · 16 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KCQB, 9 nm away
- METAR
- KCQB 131910Z AUTO 03006KT 5SM HZ CLR 05/00 A3010
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 5, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.3 MB in all.