# NTSB LAX87LA195: Cessna 402A, N4588Q, Kahului, HI, April 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 29, 1987, 08:54 local (18:54 UTC)
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Coordinates: 20.869564, -156.449218 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8696&lon=-156.4492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA195

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - low level (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - initiated
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT REQD AN 'IMMEDIATE DOWNWIND' TO RTRN TO THE ARPT & WAS CLRD TO LAND. WHEN ASKED IF EQUIP-MENT WAS NEEDED, HE REPLIED, 'NEGATIVE, SIR, A LITTLE MATTER OF FUEL.'  A WITNESS SAID THE ACFT APPEARED VERY LOW ON FINAL APCH WITH BOTH PROPS TURNING. THE ACFT CRASH LNDD SHORT OF THE RWY, WENT THRU A PERIMETER FENCE & CAME TO REST ON AN INCLINE ABT 10' SHORT OF THE RWY. THE PLT RCVD A HEAD INJURY & COULDN'T REMEMBER MANY DETAILS OF THE OCCURRENCE. IN AN EARLY INTERVIEW, HE INDCD THERE WAS A PARTIAL PWR LOSS & THE ACFT YAWED, BUT HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH ENG 'CUT OUT FIRST.'  LATER, HE WAS UNABLE TO RECALL LOSING PWR. SIX GAL OF FUEL WAS FND IN THE L MAIN TANK, ABT 1.5 GAL WAS IN THE R MAIN TANK. THE LEFT FUEL SLCTR WAS FND IN THE 'MAIN' PSN, BUT DUE TO DMG & RESCUE ACTIVITIES, THE PSN OF THE R FUEL SLCTR WAS NOT DETERMINED. BOTH AUX PUMP SWS WERE IN THE 'OFF' PSN. THE L PROP CTL WAS IN THE FEATHER PSN, BUT NEITHER PROP HAD FEATHERED. EACH MAIN TANK HELD 1 GAL OF UNUSABLE FUEL. A TEST OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED 0.045% ALCOHOL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4588Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4588Q-1990-02-09), registration cancelled 1990-02-09, S/N 402A0088 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Registry model: [Cessna 402A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (registry code 207590M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402A0088
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Inter-Island Air
- Registered owner: Inter Island Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 23, 1987, 21 hours before
- Departed: OGG
- Destination: LNY, LANAI, HI
- Airport: OGG, Kahului, runway 2, 6,995 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 6,650 total, 6,400 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft broken
- Observed at: OGG, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870429081759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870429081759A), Apr 29, 1987: Cessna 402A, Kahului, HI, Destroyed. Departed without a preflight. Noticed low fuel and crashed short of runway on return. Alcohol test was postive.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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