Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ATL96LA092

ROME, GA, USA

Aircraft #1

N3203R

Cessna 411

Analysis

After a normal parachute drop at 13,000 feet, the pilot initiated a descent. As the airplane descended to 2300 feet, both engines lost power. Unable to restart either engine, the pilot initiated an emergency landing to runway 9 at the departure airport. However, before reaching the runway, the airplane collided with vegetation and the airport perimeter fence. An examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. No usable fuel was found in the fuel system during the postaccident examination.

Factual Information

On June 15, 1996, at 1140 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 411, N3203R, collided with all vegetation while maneuvering for an emergency landing to runway 09 at the Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia. The parachute drop flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the pilot was not injured. The flight departed Rome, Georgia, at 1119. According to the pilot, a normal parachute drop was made from 13,000 feet, afterward, he initiated a descent. As the airplane descended to 2300 feet, both engines quit. After several failed attempts to restart both engines, the pilot attempted an emergency landing to runway 09 at Rome. The airplane collided with tall vegetation and the airport perimeter fence while maneuvering for the emergency landing. An examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. There was no fuel recovered from the fuel system during the wreckage examination (see attached Inspector's Statement).

Probable Cause and Findings

the pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power in both engines, due to an inadequate supply of fuel.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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