Cessna CITATION 510 N13616

Summary

On 19 December 2007 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna CITATION 510 registered N13616, operated by Stjepan Ban, was involved in an accident near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 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

19 December 2007 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Alleghney County Airport (KAGC)

Coordinates

40.3544, -79.9303

Aircraft

Cessna CITATION 510

Registration

N13616

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Stjepan Ban

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Independence → Zagreb

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

MIA08CA046

Nobody was injured.

The flight crew's inadequate preflight, which failed to detect the blockage of the left wing's fuel vent port.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The following information was provided to the Federal Aviation Administration by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The flight crew accepted the newly purchased airplane at the Independence Municipal Airport, Independence, Kansas, which departed on a ferry flight to Croatia. During cruise, a low fuel pressure annunciation was observed. A visual inspection with the airplane's wing inspection lights was conducted; the airplane's left wing upper skin was compressed aft of the center spar and forward of the aft spar. The flight was diverted to Allegheny County Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and landed without an incident. Upon a ground inspection of the left wing, the left wing's fuel vent had been covered with a temporary vinyl applique used to cover the permanently painted Croatian registration numbers during the ferrying of the aircraft. The vinyl was to remain on the wings until the aircraft reached its destination where the Croatian registration would be revealed. The airplane's preflight checklist, exterior inspection, step 6, right wing, item "h" and step 11, left wing, item "C", both state "Fuel Tank Vent ---------Clear".

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.