# NTSB MIA88LA163: Beech 58, N7353R, Centerville, MS, May 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1988, 08:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Centerville, MS
- Coordinates: 34.25925, -88.730339 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-88.7303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32176
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32176/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA163

## 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 - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REFUELED THE PREVIOUS EVENING. DURING PREFLIGHT HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANY FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FUEL QUANTITY GUAGES HAD BEEN UNRELIABLE.  IN CRUISE FLIGHT BOTH ENGINES FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND HE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A PLOWED FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7353R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH486
- Airframe hours: 2602
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: T.C. Sales Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 9, 1987, 15 hours before
- Departed: 29J, ROCK HILL, SC
- Destination: TUP, TUPELO, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 20,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20,000 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUP, 27 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 19880502012289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880502012289A), May 2, 1988: Beech 58, Centerville, MS, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Crash landed in a rough field. Blamed unreliable fuel gauges. Failed to check on preflight

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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