- Date
- November 19, 1986, 22:05 local (Nov 20, 1986, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N879SACessna 337
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861119058489A
- Case key
- 22300
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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.
Analysis
During an instrument approach and the subsequent missed approach, both engines failed due to fuel starvation. It has been determined that as much as six gallons of fuel was contained in the auxillary tanks at the time of the accident but that none was contained between the fuel selector valves and the engines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N879SA
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701422
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthru C. Oliver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LEI · Raleigh Durham, NC
- Destination
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- NEW · New Orleans, runway 18R, 6,700 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW, 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.