- Date
- May 13, 1985, 19:43 local (May 14, 1985, 02:43 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4661VCessna T303
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850513023979A
- Case key
- 24727
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt took off from scottsdale at 1934 MST for a 13 NM flt to reposition the acft to home base. Within minutes the plt advised ATC that he was 6 mi out with minimum fuel and requested no delay. He then asked for clearance to rwy 22R and was cleared to land on rwy 22R, at 1943 MST the plt advised the twr that he was not going to make the rwy. Both engs had stopped due to fuel exhaustion and the plt made a forced landing 1/4 mile from the apch end of rwy 22R in a level dirt area. The plt reported the acft contained 120 lbs of fuel upon departure from scottsdale and no low fuel warning was received. The plt's operating handbook states the low fuel warning light should illuminate when there is less than 60 gallons of fuel in either tank or when there is less than 120 gallons total fuel on board. The manual also stated the acft burns 170 gph at 70 percent power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4661V
- Reported as
- Cessna T303
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T30300276
- Airframe hours
- 59
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-AE, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Superstition Air Service
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1984 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Destination
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Airport
- FFZ · Falcon Fld., runway 22R, 3,800 × 75 ft
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,665 total · 32 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FFZ, 1 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.