ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154691
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| Date: | Friday 29 March 2013 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C90 King Air Power90 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N90KH |
| MSN: | LJ-542 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sainte-Radegonde -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | LFCS |
| LFBE | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and two passengers took off under an IFR flight plan from Sarlat-Domme aerodrome for a training flight in the Bordeaux region. The pilot carried out a precision approach followed by a go-around at Bordeaux-Mérignac. It closed its IFR flight plan and continued its VFR flight towards Bordeaux-Léognan-Saucats aerodrome where it landed. He dropped off one of the passengers without stopping the engines then took off again a few minutes later for Bergerac where he planned to refuel. After ten minutes of flight, at an altitude of about 2000 ft, the two engines stopped. The pilot made a forced landing facing southwest.
The N90KH is equipped with two General Electric-Walter GE M601E-11 turboprop engines.
conclusions:
- The pilot took off with about 800 pounds of fuel, expecting to have an hour and a half of autonomy, ie the autonomy available with 800 liters.
- Under these conditions, he had neither the sufficient quantity of fuel to carry out this flight nor the reserves required for a flight in IFR mode.
- The stopping of the engines due to lack of fuel and the resulting forced landing are therefore probably due to a confusion between the units of measurement (Liters and Pounds).
- The lack of a visual check of the quantity of fuel before the flight departure did not allow the pilot to notice his error.
- The safety principle consisting in the pilot checking the quantity present on board from different sources, makes it possible to limit the risk of running out of fuel.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2013/2013.semaine.13.pdf
https://www.sudouest.fr/2013/03/30/un-avion-atterrit-dans-les-vignes-1009823-2251.php (french only)
picture of the aircraft in better times : http://www.airliners.net/photo/Beech-C90-King/1381407/L?sid=fc6e8c9bd6a7be9b91581706ca484ac8
USCAR
AL 561
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2013 11:31 | simulator | Added |
| 03-Apr-2013 11:12 | werewolf | Updated |
| 03-Apr-2013 17:13 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2014 19:08 | wf | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2021 19:09 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Narrative, Accident report] |
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