- Date
- September 9, 1990, 14:22 local (19:22 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7155NBeech E 33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900909038639A
- Case key
- 17988
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to select the right tank prior to the approach resulting in fuel starvation.
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 private pilot accepted a visual approach to landing. On short final, the engine quit. The pilot said he selected the right fuel tank, engaged the boost pump and attempted to restart the engine, to no avail. The plane struck trees one half mile from the end of the runway. The engine compartment was driven back into the cabin area, the right wing was torn off, and the left wing was bent back. The pilot said he should have selected the fullest tank prior to beginning his landing approach. A post accident investigation showed no fuel in the left tank, traces in the engine fuel system, some evidence of a small fuel spill from the right tank, and one gallon remaining in the right tank. A successful postaccident engine run was performed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7155N
- Reported as
- Beech E 33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD1143
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lefler, Roger W.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 467 total · 280 in this make and model · 374 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Observed at
- TUL, 2 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.