# NTSB MIA88FA097: Timm N2T-1, N60789, Pompano Beach, FL, January 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1988, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.280996, -80.119842 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2810&lon=-80.1198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88FA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - incorrect (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle

## Analysis

PILOT EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON SHORT FINAL. WHILE MAKING FORCED LANDING ON A CITY STREET THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CAR. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT AND CRASH SITE REVEALED THE ACFT TO CONTAIN APPROX. 3 OUNCES OF FUEL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE PRIOR TO THE CRASH OR AT THE CRASH SITE. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND WITH THE ENGINE. THE PLT STATED SHE DEPARTED WITH 42 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE PAX STATED THEY FLEW APPROX. 3 HOURS. THE ENGINE IN THIS ACFT BURNS BETWEEN 13.5 AND 14.5 GALLONS PER HOUR ACCORDING TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAA WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACFT. THE ACFT'S MECHANICAL FUEL GAUGE HAD BEEN STUCK ON 34 GALLONS. THERE IS NO OTHER METHOD TO CHECK FUEL QUANTITY IN THE ACFT EXCEPT BY THE GAUGE. THE PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EXPIRED 34 MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60789](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60789), registered now, S/N 148, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TIMM N2T-1
- Registry model: [Timm N2T-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/timm-n2t-1) (registry code 8980202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 148
- Airframe hours: 4679
- Engines: CONTINENTAL W-670-6A 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Betsy R. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 29, 1987
- Departed: LA BELLE, FL
- Airport: FXE, Fort Lauderdale Executive, runway 13, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 3,000 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FXE, 1 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 19880131001639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131001639A), Jan 31, 1988: Timm N2T1, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel on approach. Landed in street and hit a vehicle. Fuel gauge had been inoperative for a lengthy time

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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