- Date
- July 4, 1987, 19:39 local (23:39 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N744APCessna TU-206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870704032289A
- Case key
- 31936
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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.
Analysis
The pilot refueled for the flight by topping off the fuel tanks. He then utilized the left tank until it was empty and switched to the right for the remainder of the flight. About 2 miles short of the destination the engine failed. The right fuel cap was improperly seated and sealed allowing fuel to be siphoned from the tank while in flight. The acft landed in the 'clear zone' for rwy 13 and nosed over when the nose gear dug in.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N744AP
- Reported as
- Cessna TU-206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602093
- Airframe hours
- 2,585
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Malcolm Wornoff
- Registered owner
- Malcolm Woronoff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1986 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Destination
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale Executive, runway 13, 4,000 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.