- Date
- September 14, 1982, 12:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59SACessna 402
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820914046549A
- Case key
- 70871
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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
This was the 3rd flt of the day. The plt completed a service order for 32 gals of fuel & laid it on top of a bench located just inside open hangar doors. The acft was not refueled & the order was later found on the hangar floor away from the bench. While over the Grand Canyon at 7,500 ft the left eng quit. The plt reported that the fuel quantity gauges indicated empty. The plt headed for the Canyon rim & cleared the rim by about 500 ft AGL. He advised his company he would try to make the arpt or land in the clearing. The right eng quit & the acft made a forced landing collapsing the gear. The right main(tip), left main(tip) & left aux tanks were empty. The right aux tank contained 5 gals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59SA
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42-313
- Airframe hours
- 12,343
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Scenic Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- Scenic Airlines Inc.
- Departed
- C · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- C · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon Nat'L Park
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,446 total · 850 in this make and model · 3,720 as pilot in command · 245 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.