ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326658
| Date: | Thursday 19 November 1987 |
| Time: | 17:25 |
| Type: |  Volpar Turboliner |
| Owner/operator: | Connie Kalitta Services |
| Registration: | N10AS |
| MSN: | 3596 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15800 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-1-101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint Clair Shores, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Detroit City Airport, MI (DET/KDET) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While enroute to home base after delivery of revenue cargo, the pilot experienced a total loss of engine power in both engines due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot performed emergency procedures and set the aircraft up for a forced landing in a grassy field on the edge of a lake. The aircraft initially impacted a tree and the rocky berm of the shoreline. The contact with the berm caused the landing gear to break off, the aircraft swerved around and skidded backwards before coming to a rest about 150 feet from the lakeshore. Post accident investigation revealed less than 2 gallons of fuel in each wing tank.
The aircraft, a Volpar Turboliner II cargo plane, was a stretched turbine conversion of a Beechcraft SNB-5 Navigator (Redesignated TC-45J in 1962) that was operated by the US Navy.
Probable cause:
fluid,fuel..exhaustion
planning/decision..poor..pilot in command
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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