- Date
- September 16, 1989, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Kerrville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14LUZenair CH-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890916035109A
- Case key
- 22746
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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 experimental airplane was on an extended base leg to land when the eng lost power. The pilot was unable to reach the arpt & the acft struck a tree & crashed before reaching a clear area. Less than one cup of fuel was drained from the entire fuel system at the accident site. Fuel system integrity was confirmed by the investigator. There was no evidence found of internal powerplant failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14LU
- Reported as
- Zenair CH-200
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- A194
- Airframe hours
- 275
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-F2B, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Dale Pockrus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 3TX6 · Justin, TX
- Airport
- ERV · Louis Schriener Field
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 20 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 60 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.