- Date
- May 4, 1993, 14:24 local (18:24 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2312WBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930504012259A
- Case key
- 33265
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and poor preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to request winds aloft during the weather briefing.
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
Before departure, 20 gallons of fuel were added to the remaining amount from the 3.7 hour two-leg flight to the place where an annual inspection was performed. An engine run following accomplishment of an annual inspection was performed but the pilot did not take this into account for determining fuel quantity before departure. The pilot received a weather briefing but did not request winds aloft. While en route, he was required to deviate and did not lean the fuel/air mixture. When the flight was near the planned destination, the eng sputtered. The pilot immediately repositioned the fuel selector to the opposite tank. The flt continued & when it was at the destination airport, the flight was cleared to land on rwy 23 but the pilot was disoriented. The pilot stated the engine sputtered again then quit & he attempted to land on a taxiway. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left fuel tank contained about 1/2 gallon of fuel. The right fuel tank contained about 1/3 gallons of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2312W
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-905
- Airframe hours
- 1,490
- Engine
- Continental IO-346A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Samion, Patrick J.
- Registered owner
- Samion, Patrick J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1993 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 2J9 · Quincy, FL
- Airport
- FMY · Page Field
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 282 total · 213 in this make and model · 282 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 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.
Other investigations on N2312W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.