- Date
- December 14, 1990, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brownell, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGDLCPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14809
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion, due to the pilot's failure to ensure that the aircraft had been refueled.
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
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
All engines
Refueling - misjudgedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot of the accident airplane stated that he instructed the fixed base operator at his departure airport to 'top off' his aircraft. The pilot did not visually check the fuel level prior to takeoff. After two hours and fifteen minutes both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot performed an off airport forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGDLC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7954003
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Michael Ober
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Destination
- DPA · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F