# NTSB NYC90LA224: Rockwell 690B, N81628, North Castle, NY, September 22, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1990, 10:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place: North Castle, NY
- Coordinates: 41.129184, -73.70993 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1292&lon=-73.7099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36742
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36742/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA224

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT (FUEL CAP NOT PROPERLY SECURED) WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL SIPHONING AND FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - all engines
  - aircraft preflight - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,cap - not secured (cause)
  - fuel system - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel system - siphoning (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, landing

## Analysis

DURING AN IFR FLIGHT THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A RESERVOIR AFTER THE ENGINES QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS FUELED, TOPPED OFF, THE NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM CHARLESTON. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE SHOWED THE OUTBOARD FUEL FILLER PORT CAP ON THE LEFT WING WAS NOT PRESENT. THE MAJORITY OF THE LIQUID DRAINED FROM THE MAIN FUEL SUMP WAS WATER. THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD FUEL FILLER CAPS WERE PRESENT ON THE RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81628](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81628-1991-10-16), registration cancelled 1991-10-16, S/N 11396 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell 690B
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 690B](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690b) (registry code 7630516) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11396
- Engines: GARRETT TPE331-5-251K 715 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Westport Air Travel, Inc.
- Departed: CHS, CHARLESTON, SC
- Destination: HPN, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,243 in this make and model, 11,000 as pilot in command, 71 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900922041719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922041719A), Sep 22, 1990: Gulstm 690B, North Castle, NY, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel near destination. Ditched in lake. High fuel consumption en route. Gas cap left fuel tank missing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.