Rockwell COMMANDER 114 N4802W

Summary

On 24 February 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Rockwell COMMANDER 114 registered N4802W, operated by George Negron, was involved in an accident near San Simon, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 February 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

San Simon, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

32.4299, -109.8796

Aircraft

Rockwell COMMANDER 114

Registration

N4802W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

George Negron

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Abilene → Deming

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FUJ31

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER REFUELING AT ABILENE THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AROUND NOON ON THE SECOND LEG OF A FLIGHT TO REPOSSESS THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RAN THE ENGINE AT FULL RICH WITH THE FUEL FLOW METER READING 18 GPH. USING THIS FIGURE THE AIRCRAFT SHOULD HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL AFTER 3.77 HOURS OF FLIGHT. THE PASSENGER, A RATED PILOT SITTING IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT, SUGGESTED THAT THEY STOP FOR FUEL AT LEAST TWICE DURING THE FLIGHT, HOWEVER THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE. THE ENGINE RAN OUT OF FUEL AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CST AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE NEXT TO A FREEWAY OVERPASS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.