- Date
- February 4, 1986, 03:35 local (08:35 UTC)
- Place
- Parkland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N900PCCessna 401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860204012649A
- Case key
- 31479
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Refueling - not attainedCause
Fuel consumption calculations - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The plt stated that due to a miscalculation of his fuel supply, his loss of power was a result of fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N900PC
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4010137
- Airframe hours
- 9,418
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Amerijet Int'L Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 26, 1985 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 875 total · 6 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 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.