ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296690
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| Date: | Sunday 1 September 2002 |
| Time: | 11:53 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T337D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N33N |
| MSN: | 337-1122 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-A3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Pierce, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Fort Pierce-Saint Lucie County Airport, FL (FPR/KFPR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he estimated that at takeoff the airplane had about 35 gallons of fuel on board, and after about 45 minutes, while in cruise flight, at an altitude of 4500 feet, the front engine suddenly ceased operating. He stated that he had experienced problems in the past with water in the fuel tanks, so he did not declare an emergency, even after unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine. He said the airplane was maintaining 120 knots, and fully controllable while being only powered by the rear engine. He said that in his mind, it was only water in the left tank, and his destination, Fort Pierce, Florida, was only 10 miles away, so he continued to his destination. After contacting FAA Fort Pierce Air traffic Control Tower, the pilot said that he then entered a right base, turned on to the final approach course for an approach to land on runway 09, lowered his landing gear, set 10 degrees of flaps, and was on final at about 600 feet altitude, when all of a sudden the rear engine ceased operating. He said the only area to land was a small field on the right, so he turned 90 degrees, and entered a dive to prevent the airplane from stalling. The aircraft impacted in an orange grove, rebounded once, and then stopped in a canal. The pilot stated the engines failed due to fuel "starvation", and added that "the airplane had not been loaded with enough fuel..." Prior to the accident, the pilot said that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or to any of its systems.The FAA Inspector who responded to the accident scene stated that during his examination he discovered no fuel in the fuel tanks, and mimimal fuel at the scene.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the fuel supply, and subsequent fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA02LA165
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 1989 | N33N | Private | 0 | Howell, MI | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 09:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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