Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | sábado 17 diciembre 2011 |
Hora: | 12:30 |
Tipo: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
Operado por: | Skydive Mesquite |
Alquilado a : | Spokane Turbine Skydiving |
Registración: | N275PM |
Numéro de série: | 20800119 |
Año de Construcción: | 1987 |
Motores: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 1 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 1 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
Consecuencias: | Repaired |
Ubicación: | Mesquite Airport, NV (MFH) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
Naturaleza: | ParacaÃdismo |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Mesquite Airport, NV (MFH), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Mesquite Airport, NV (MFH), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:A Cessna 208 Caravan I skydiving plane, operated by Skydive Mesquite, crashed at Mesquite Airport. Both the pilot and a single passenger survived the accident with minor injuries.
Prior to the flight, the pilot fueled the airplane with 16 gallons of jet fuel. He planned on making two local flights carrying skydivers aloft. During the second skydiving flight he delayed releasing the skydivers due to traffic in the area. As he turned the plane back towards the drop zone the airplane's engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot signalled the skydivers to exit the airplane, feathered the propeller, and executed an attempted forced landing to the runway. The airplane landed long, went off the end of the runway, across Kitty Hawk Drive, and slid down a slope into the Canyons Golf Course before stopping on its belly at the 17th hole. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight. He also stated that the cause of the loss of engine power was poor fuel management and fuel exhaustion.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion."
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 82 days (3 months) | Accident number: | WPR12CA069 | Download report: | Summary report
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Fuentes:
» NTSB
» Mesquite Skydive plane crashes at golf course (KNTV, 17-12-2011)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.