- Date
- August 1, 1988, 22:30 local (Aug 2, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, MS
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1948WBeech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880801029189A
- Case key
- 32223
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - separation
Analysis
The pilot reported that while on short final during a personal flt, the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing the acft collided with a levee, small trees, then the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1948W
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-608
- Airframe hours
- 3,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene Clements
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1988 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- DEC · Decatur, IL
N1948WRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2012 · Beech B19Airframe modelBeech B19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,940 total · 277 in this make and model · 9,512 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 80 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.