- Date
- August 5, 1990, 12:16 local (19:16 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N38AWCessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900805030139A
- Case key
- 26881
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to properly position the fuel selector prior to flight, and the failure of the check pilot to adequately supervise the conduct of the flight.
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 owner/pilot of a Cessna 340A stated that neither he nor his instructor repositioned the fuel selector prior to flight after a ground demonstration of the fuel cross-feed system, even though a check list had been used. During the flight, both engines failed and the aircraft landed short of the runway while attempting a forced landing at the Stockton airport. Post crash examination of the fuel system revealed that the left tank was empty and the right tank was full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38AW
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0747
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Shieman, Bryan M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- SCK · Stockton, runway 11, 8,650 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ATCT, 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.