- Date
- January 28, 1987, 00:43 local (08:43 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69310Cessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870128001259A
- Case key
- 40586
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt filed IFR, 2+40 ete. Due delay, plt departed VFR and opened VFR flt plan. Enroute, stong hdwinds encountered. Also, clouds required altitude and course deviations to maintain VFR. Ate was 3+33. On final, left eng lost pwr, rt eng began surging. Into 20-KT hdwind, acft landed hard short of rwy, collapsing gear. Investigation showed fuel starvation. All fuel gages erroneous; mains showed 50 and 100 lbs remaining after draining residual 1-2 gals. Aux tanks were near full, 20-GAL locker tank was full. Plt stated flight conducted on main tanks except aux tanks used for 30-40 mins enroute. Wt & bal record showed 100 gals fuel, but plt had ordered top-off (180 gals).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69310
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0428
- Airframe hours
- 6,897
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Benjamin Gilbert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 19, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAS · Mccaran Int'L, runway 19R, 9,776 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,881 total · 223 in this make and model · 5,691 as pilot in command · 385 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.