- Date
- July 8, 1990, 00:10 local (05:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gainsville, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2008ABeech BE-76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900708024419A
- Case key
- 23153
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to inadequate planning by the pilot.
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 pilot executed a gear down forced landing in an open field following a dual engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The accident site was about 1/2 mile short of the threshold of the runway at the airport to which the PIC had elected to divert due to a low fuel state. Examination of the wreckage revealed a total of 2 gallons present in the fuel system which carried 103 gal., of which 100 were usable. Calculations made using the outbound fuel consumption figures indicated a fuel burn of 98.8 gal. Up to the time of the engine failures. During the return leg, the flight encountered head wings which added 1 hr. To the flight time. However, the PIC stated that he did not become aware of the adverse winds until late in the flight. At that time the decision to divert was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2008A
- Reported as
- Beech BE-76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME-67
- Airframe hours
- 5,542
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1G6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cohen, Michael E., doing business as Ari Ben Aviator
- Registered owner
- Cohen, Michael E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 29, 1990
- Departed
- CIN · Carroll, IA
- Destination
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Airport
- GLE · Gainesville Muni
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Private, Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 194 total · 24 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DFW, 15 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.