- Date
- July 19, 1990, 18:43 local (Jul 20, 1990, 01:43 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4950PPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900719027509A
- Case key
- 26872
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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 reported that he departed Long Beach, CA, on a round-robin flight to las vegas, NV, with full tanks. Flt time to las vegas was abt 1.5 hours; the return flt was about 1.7 hrs. However, a post-accident investigation disclosed the airplane sustained total fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4950P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-546
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B1A5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nealy, Jeffrey A.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 25R, 5,000 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 6 in this make and model · 237 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.