# NTSB SEA84FA170: Aero Commander 680T, N932E, Castle Rock, WA, July 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1984, 16:16 local (23:16 UTC)
- Place: Castle Rock, WA
- Coordinates: 46.28923, -122.949638 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2892&lon=-122.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39812
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39812/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA170

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance,two or more engines - inoperative
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - propeller feathering - performed, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS ON A X-COUNTRY TRIP. ON PREVIOUS FLTS OVER THE SAME ROUTE, 2 REFUELING STOPS WERE MADE. DURING THIS TRIP, NO REFUELING WAS ACCOMPLISHED, & WHILE EN ROUTE, THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE PLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & WASVECTORED & ASSIGNED THE LOWEST POSSIBLE IFR ALT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BOTH ENGINES QUIT. WHEN HE ENQUIRED ABOUT NEARBY ARPTS, THE PLT WAS TOLD THERE WERE NONE AND ADVISED TO FIND A ROAD OR SUITABLE AREA TO LAND. THE PLT OVERSHOT A ROAD AFTER FEATHERING BOTH ENGINES AND CRASHED ON AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WAS NO SMELL OF FUEL AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. BOTH PROPS WERE IN THE FEATHERED POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N932E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 680T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1588-39
- Airframe hours: 10
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE 331-43 575 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Victor L. Hawkins
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 24, 1984
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Destination: HIO, HILLSBORO, OR
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Observed at: TDO, 11 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840711051349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840711051349A), Jul 11, 1984: Gulstm 680T, Castle Rock, WA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after both engines quit from fuel exhaustion.

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.

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