- Date
- November 20, 1983, 18:19 local (23:19 UTC)
- Place
- Franklin, PA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6226XAero Commander 500B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831120058129A
- Case key
- 35295
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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.
Analysis
Before departing youngstown, OH, the plt filed 2 IFR flt plans, 1 for a flt to plattsburgh, NY, the other for a return flt from plattsburgh back to youngstown. After a 2 hr & 10 min flt to plattsburgh, 70 gal of fuel was added, but the person who serviced the acft indicated the tanks were not full after servicing. The plane then made a 10 min flt to burlington, VT, but no fuel was added at burlington,,the plt then took off on a return flt to youngstown. During the descent phase to youngstown, the plt requested vectors to the closest arpt. He was provide vectors to the chess-lamberton arpt & advised it was 6 mi away. A short time later, the plt said the acft had lost power. Subsequently,it crashed in rolling, wooded terrain. During an exam, no fuel was found in the acft. No other evidence of a malfunctionor failure was found. With the passenger & cargo load, a maximum of about 104 gal of fuel could have been used without exceeding the certificated gross wt of the acft. At 45 to 55% power, the acft burned 17 to 22 gal per hr. Wnd gsts 30 kt
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6226X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 500A-1098-52
- Airframe hours
- 5,421
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-E1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walley Construction Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1983
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Destination
- YNG · Youngstown, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,527 total · 33 in this make and model · 1,282 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FKL, 5 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.