- Date
- September 1, 1987, 14:50 local (Sep 2, 1987, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lanai, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37808Government Aircraft Fact Nomad 24A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25679
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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
When the flt was aprx 15 mi west of Lanai on a cargo flt from honolulu to hilo, HI, the plt observed the fuel gauges oscillating erratically toward the low side. He diverted toward Lanai to refuel. However, when the flt was abt 9 mi westof Lanai, the left eng flamed out. The plt feathered the left eng, but shortly thereafter (about 2 mi west of Lanai), the right eng flamed out. With both props feathered, he elected to land on an upward sloping road. During the landing roll, the plane's left wing tip struck a signpost & a dirt bank which caused the plane to pivot further left & nose into the embankment. No fuel or fuel leakage was found during a post-acdnt exam. When 1st checked, the left outboard fuel gauge indcd 70 to 80 lbs of fuel remaining. Later, both left fuel gauges had zero readings. The rgt outboard & inboard fuel gauges indcd 25 & 20 lbs, respectively.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37808
- Reported as
- Government Aircraft Fact Nomad 24A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N24A-99F
- Airframe hours
- 996
- Engine
- Allison 250-B17C, 385 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Inter Island Air
- Registered owner
- Hughes Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 28, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- Hilo, HI
- Airport
- LNY · Lanai
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,100 total · 35 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNY, 2 nm away