Beechcraft 200 N92JR

Summary

On 26 June 2013 at about 01:30 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N92JR, operated by Tennair LLC, was involved in an accident near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. One person was 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

26 June 2013 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK)

Coordinates

42.1144, -87.9014

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N92JR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Tennair LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → Wheeling

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CEN13CA373

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper fuel planning and management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Before departure, the pilot performed fuel calculations and determined that he had enough fuel to fly to the intended destination. While enroute the pilot flew around thunderstorms. On arrival at his destination, the pilot executed the instrument landing system approach for runway 16. While on short final the right engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot switched the fuel flow from the right tank to the left tank. The left engine then experienced a total loss of power and the pilot made an emergency landing on a road. The airplane received substantial damage to the wings and fuselage when it struck a tree. A postaccident examination revealed only a few gallons of unusable fuel in the left fuel tank. The right fuel tank was breached during the accident sequence but no fuel smell was noticed. The pilot performed another fuel calculation after the accident and determined that there were actually 170 gallons of fuel onboard, not 230 gallons like he originally figured. He reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation and determined that he exhausted his entire fuel supply.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.