Timm N2T-1 N60789

Summary

On 31 January 1988 at about 22:20 local time, a Timm N2T-1 registered N60789 was involved in an accident near Pompano Beach, Florida, 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

31 January 1988 at 22:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Pompano Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE)

Coordinates

26.2810, -80.1198

Aircraft

Timm N2T-1

Registration

N60789

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

La Belle → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88FA097

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON SHORT FINAL. WHILE MAKING FORCED LANDING ON A CITY STREET THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CAR. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT AND CRASH SITE REVEALED THE ACFT TO CONTAIN APPROX. 3 OUNCES OF FUEL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE PRIOR TO THE CRASH OR AT THE CRASH SITE. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND WITH THE ENGINE. THE PLT STATED SHE DEPARTED WITH 42 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE PAX STATED THEY FLEW APPROX. 3 HOURS. THE ENGINE IN THIS ACFT BURNS BETWEEN 13.5 AND 14.5 GALLONS PER HOUR ACCORDING TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAA WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACFT. THE ACFT'S MECHANICAL FUEL GAUGE HAD BEEN STUCK ON 34 GALLONS. THERE IS NO OTHER METHOD TO CHECK FUEL QUANTITY IN THE ACFT EXCEPT BY THE GAUGE. THE PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EXPIRED 34 MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.