- Date
- May 8, 1986, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1030VCessna T337HPII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860508082399A
- Case key
- 30334
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 Cessna 337P experienced fuel exhaustion and attempted a landing on a road. During the landing the aircraft struck telephone poles and received substantial damage. The pilot did not receive any injuries in the accident which occurred in visual meteorological conditions. The pilot had refueled the aircraft at philadelphia with 10 gallons per side. He stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had filled the aircraft instead of putting in a minimum amount of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1030V
- Reported as
- Cessna T337HPII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0356
- Airframe hours
- 295
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bun Air Corp.
- Registered owner
- Bun Air Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 8, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- N99 · West Chester, PA
- Destination
- 4G9 · Bedford, PA
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,672 total · 33 in this make and model · 3,476 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.