- Date
- February 25, 1990, 14:23 local (19:23 UTC)
- Place
- Tavernier, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3358HForney 415-CD
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900225002609A
- Case key
- 32626
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the presence of trees in the emergency landing area.
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 plt stated that while in cruise flight at 2500 feet AGL, the engine quit running, then started and quit again. He attempted a restart with negative results. Subsequently the airplane crashed approximately 1000 feet from a private airfield. Firemen that responded to the crash site reported all fuel tanks were empty. There was no sign of any ruptured fuel cell, lines or spillage at the crash site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3358H
- Reported as
- Forney 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3983
- Airframe hours
- 2,902
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rich, Dennis B.
- Registered owner
- Shekman, Gerald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1989 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- X-51 · Homestead, FL
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 3,950 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HST, 40 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.