- Date
- March 9, 1989, 20:45 local (Mar 10, 1989, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2265XCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890309003419A
- Case key
- 36384
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot concerning his fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The false indication from the fuel quantity gage(s), dark night, and trees were considered to be factors.
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 a night cross country flight from minneapolis, Minnesota to newburgh, new york, the aircraft ran out of fuel and both engines stopped running. Subsequently, the aircraft crashed into trees as the pilot was making an emergency landing at night. He rprted that when the engines stopped running, the fuel gages showed the aircraft still had fuel remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2265X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0165
- Airframe hours
- 4,210
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tachnology Sys.Of Roseville
- Registered owner
- Tachnology Systems Of Rosevill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1988
- Departed
- Anoka, MN
- Destination
- SWF · Newburgh, NY
- 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 875 total · 5 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.