# NTSB MIA86FA071: Cessna 401, N900PC, Parkland, FL, February 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 4, 1986, 03:35 local (08:35 UTC)
- Place: Parkland, FL
- Coordinates: 26.309703, -80.2303 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3097&lon=-80.2303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86FA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA071

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900PC-1990-12-13), registration cancelled 1990-12-13, S/N 4010137 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Registry model: [Cessna 401](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (registry code 207590C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4010137
- Airframe hours: 9418
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860204012649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860204012649A), Feb 4, 1986: Cessna 401, Parkland, FL, Substantial damage. Miscalculated fuel supply, ran out of fuel for both engines. Landed in a conservation area in high saw grass.

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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