- Date
- March 8, 1987, 19:55 local (Mar 9, 1987, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Milton, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18891Beech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308005029A
- Case key
- 31867
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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
Fuel consumption calculations - not performedCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Judgment - poor
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,glassy
Analysis
The acft crashed in a river aprx 1 mile west of his alternate landing location after the eng quit while descending for an apch, due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18891
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-515
- Airframe hours
- 3,036
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360 SER BEF, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pensacola Aeromotive Corp.
- Registered owner
- Pensacola Aeromotive Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 17, 1986 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- VLD · Valdosta, GA
- Destination
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
N18891Registration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Beech C24RAirframe modelBeech C24REngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,600 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NSE, 5 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 N18891 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.