Beechcraft B19 N2196W

Summary

On 1 December 2012 at about 19:30 local time, a Beechcraft B19 registered N2196W, operated by Status Air, was involved in an accident near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 December 2012 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Ft. Lauderdale Executive (FXE)

Coordinates

26.1919, -80.1711

Aircraft

Beechcraft B19

Registration

N2196W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Status Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Lauderdale → Fort Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA073

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was an orientation for two potential student pilots. The pilot said that he completed a visual inspection of the fuel tanks and that he estimated that the fuel tanks contained 10 gallons of fuel, which he determined, would have been adequate for the flight. The pilot completed two traffic patterns, and as he climbed the airplane to the downwind leg of the third pattern, the engine lost power and "surged" during the subsequent forced landing. The pilot requested an emergency landing to runway 13 but amended his request to runway 8 because the airplane was "too high." He subsequently determined the airplane was "too low" for runway 8, and the airplane touched down hard on a taxiway and skidded to a stop in the grass infield. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the cabin floor structure. Examination revealed that the airplane contained no fuel, and the pilot reported that he had exhausted his fuel supply.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.