Accident · 1993-01-05

NTSB case ANC93LA025 · MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-01-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35 (N900YH)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Bering Air, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): BERING AIR, INC.

Probable cause

FUEL STARVATION DUE TO IMPROPER REFUELING PROCEDURES BY THE FBO PERSONNEL, INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT, AND RESULTANT ICE IN THE FUEL, WHICH BLOCKED FUEL FLOW TO THE ENGINES. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.

Source: NTSB case ANC93LA025

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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