- Date
- March 21, 1984, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Moline, IL
- Injuries
- 19 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N333MVShort Brothers SD3-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12446
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indicationFactor
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Analysis
During an apch, the right eng lost power, but an uneventful landing was made. An exam revealed the aft fuel tank, consisting of the #3 & #4 fuel cells, were empty, although the fuel quantity gage indicated 500 lbs of fuel remaining. The erroneous reading was traced to the fuel probe cannon plug, pn 1-332-1, which was soaked with deice fluid/glycol.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333MV
- Reported as
- Short Brothers SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH3049
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-45R, 1,198 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Mississippi Valley Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- CID · Cedar Rapids, IA
- Destination
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MLI · Quad City, runway 27, 6,505 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI