OAKTOWN, IN, USA
N3639Q
BEECH A23A
ACFT STALLED & CRASHED AFTER A PWR LOSS DURING NIGHT X-COUNTRY FLT. PLT RADIOED A 'MAYDAY' CALL AFTER REPORTING 3 MINS EARLIER HE HAD 30-45 MINS OF FUEL REMAINING. INDIANAPOLIS ARTCC WAS GIVING FLT ASSISTANCE TO N3639Q & ADVISED THE FLT OFAN ARPT AT 'YOUR TWO O'CLOCK POSITION AND 3 MILES.' THIS OCCURRED AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, WHICH STARTED AT 0522:45, ABOUTTHE FLTS LOW FUEL STATE AND FUEL REMAINING VS DISTANCE TO EVANSVILLE. HUF SECTOR ADVISED AT 0530:51, 'THERE ARE SEVERAL,UH, SMALLER ARPTS ALONG THE WAY THERE IF YOU, UH, NEED TO GO DOWN, LET US KNOW.' PLT MADE NO DECISION AT THIS TIME. AT 0535:38, PLT WAS AGAIN QUESTIONED ABOUT FUEL AND ADVISED THAT HIS ESTIMATE OF FUEL REMAINING WAS CAUTIONARY FOR THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO DESTINATION. PLT CONFIRMED THAT ENOUGH FUEL REMAINED. AT 0538:35, PLT TRANSMITTED, '39QUEBEC OUT OF GAS. GOING DOWN AT THIS TIME.' THE PLT CONTINUED TO COMMUNICATE BY RADIO AND WAS VECTORED TOWARD AN ARPT. APRX 1 MIN AFTER THE ARPT WAS SIGHTED, RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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