- Date
- July 2, 1990, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N337GBCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900702023549A
- Case key
- 36678
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to monitor the fuel gauges and fuel starvation. A factor related to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel to detect the bent condition of the rear engine tank fuel selector control cable.
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 pilot was operating the airplane on a ferry permit when he experienced a double power loss due to fuel starvation. The pilot ditched in a reservoir. Normally the left tank feeds the front engine and right tank feeds the rear engine. Post crash examination showed both engines were being fed from the left tank, due to a bent rear engine fuel lever selector control cable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N337GB
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3370098
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sky Master Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 22, 1990 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Destination
- AIY · Atlantic City, NJ
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 8 in this make and model · 520 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.