Beechcraft A23 N16TH

Summary

On 28 January 2023 at about 22:20 local time, a Beechcraft A23 registered N16TH, operated by Mosquera Daniel, was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 4 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

28 January 2023 at 22:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.7617, -80.1918

Aircraft

Beechcraft A23

Registration

N16TH

Category

Airplane

Year built

1966

Engines

1

Operator

Mosquera Daniel

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marathon → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA23LA119

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s mismanagement of fuel supply, which resulted in fuel starvation.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was on a local flight at an altitude of 1,000 ft when he noticed the engine starting to lose power. The pilot said he switched fuel tanks, but engine power was not regained. The pilot conducted an emergency landing on a road and the airplane collided with a bus and then a pole. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the fuel tanks were intact, and that the left fuel only contained a residual amount of fuel, while about 10 gallons of fuel remained in the right fuel tank. An engine test run was then attempted at the accident site, and the engine ran normally using the right fuel tank but did not run consistently with the left fuel tank selected. Based on this information, it is likely that the pilot mismanaged the airplane’s fuel supply and starved the engine of fuel, which resulted in the total loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.