- Date
- March 16, 1991, 15:57 local (23:57 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75841Cessna T207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910316039429A
- Case key
- 27141
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to fuel siphoning in flight from an unsecured filler cap. The inaccurate preflight inspection of the aircraft by the pilot was also causal in this accident.
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 flight was on a four mile final approach to runway 1 left when the engine quit. The aircraft made a successful touchdown on a city street and collided with several street sign posts during the landing roll. Inspection of the aircraft confirmed that no fuel was present in either fuel tank. The pilot said that he used a dipstick on the fuel tanks prior to departure and ascertained that each of the two tanks contained at least 21 gallons of fuel. During the flight one passenger complained to the pilot that she could smell a fuel odor. The pilot said he looked at both wings for evidence of fuel leakage, however saw none. After the accident the pilot inspected the fuel filler caps for security. He found that the right cap was not in the fully closed position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75841
- Reported as
- Cessna T207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700656
- Engine
- Continental TS10-520M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Nevada Airlines, Inc
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,299 total · 717 in this make and model · 995 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.