- Date
- October 6, 1992, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17803Beech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921006042509A
- Case key
- 33188
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion caused by poor preflight planning preparation by the pilot in command.
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
During the descent for landing about 10 miles from the destination arpt, the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. The acft collided with tree stumps during the forced landing and came to rest upright.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17803
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E1031
- Airframe hours
- 1,688
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Checkmate Leasing, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Checkmate Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1992 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- FPR · Fort Pierce, 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 2,030 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FPR, 10 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.
Other investigations on N17803 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.