Accident · 1989-06-20

NTSB case LAX89LA224 · CESSNA 340 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-06-20
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: CESSNA 340 (N69549)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

IMPROPER USE (MISMANAGEMENT) OF THE FUEL SYSTEM BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION. RELATED FACTORS WERE: THE LACK OF FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS (NOT INSTALLED) IN THE AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT BY THE PILOT WITH THIS KNOWN DEFICIENCY, AND TREES IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case LAX89LA224

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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