- Date
- December 19, 1992, 12:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18942Beech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921219050919A
- Case key
- 27887
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation due to improper fuel system management by both pilots and the failure of the flight instructor 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 flight instructor and a private pilot departed on a two hour flight for an aircraft check out and instrument dual instruction. Both pilots reported to FAA inspectors and Oakland police officers that during the flight they neglected to switch fuel tanks and inadvertently ran the left fuel tank dry while on final approach to runway 27R. The engine could not be restarted in time and the instructor landed the aircraft on a golf course and collided with ground obstructions. An FAA inspector examined the aircraft and found the left fuel tank was empty and the right tank contained about 20 gallons of fuel. This was the first flight in this type of aircraft by the private pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18942
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-549
- Airframe hours
- 3,261
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Uc Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Uc Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1992 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- OAK · Oakland International, runway 27, 5,453 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 699 total · 12 in this make and model · 617 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK, 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.
Other investigations on N18942 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.