# NTSB MIA84LA059: Cessna 411A, N4500Q, Gainsville, FL, January 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 12, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Gainsville, FL
- Location: 29.6484° N, 82.0266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6484&lon=-82.0266&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31072/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA059

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE ON A ILS APPROACH TO THE GAINSVILLE, AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PLT HAD ADVISED APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE WAS 'LOW ON FUEL.' AFTER TWO MISSED APPROACHES THE PLT RADIOED THAT HE WAS 'OUT OF FUEL.' THE PLT DID NOT HAVE CHARTS OR APPROACH PLATES ABOARD THE ACFT, HOWEVER ATC WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS FACTOR. ATTEMPTS TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE PLT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4500Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4500Q-2012-11-29), registration cancelled 2012-11-29, S/N 411-0300, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411A
- Registry model: [Cessna 411A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411a) (registry code 2075904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 411-0300
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Vsm Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: CXD, CONROE, TX
- Destination: GNV, GAINESVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: GNV, Gainsville, runway 28, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; foreign, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Wind: 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840112000589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840112000589A), Jan 12, 1984: Cessna 411A, Gainesville, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during ILS approach. Engine quit because of fuel exhaustion.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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