# NTSB WPR26LA323: Beech E-55, N333W, Mecca, CA, August 30, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 29, 2026, 17:45 local (Aug 30, 2026, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Mecca, CA
- Coordinates: 33.553397, -116.0748 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5534&lon=-116.0748&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA323
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203703/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA323

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-descent: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech E-55, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=1152732), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N333W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333W), registered now, S/N TE-1172, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Registry model: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-1172
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Danarich LLC
- Departed: UDD, Palm Springs, CA
- Destination: TRM, Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: TRM, Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 111 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.62 inHg
- Observed at: KTRM, 6 nm away
- METAR: METAR KTRM 292352Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 44/13 A2962 RMK AO2 SLP033 T04440133 10450 20394 56025

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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