Cessna 140 accident near Daytona Beach, FL
On May 22, 2018, a Cessna 140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 22, 2018
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.085°N, 81.042°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180523X73947
Official records · ERA18FA152
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 22, 2018, about 1930 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 140, N89864, was destroyed when it impacted terrain at Spruce Creek Airport (7FL6), Daytona Beach, Florida. The commercial pilot was seriously injured, and the pilot-rated passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was privately owned, and the pilot was operating the airplane as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. A friend of the accident pilot reported that he flew in the accident airplane with the pilot 3 days before the accident. Before departing on that flight, the pilot sumped the airplane's fuel tanks several times to remove water. He flew again with the accident pilot on the morning of the accident to a nearby airport to get breakfast. He reported that the pilot did not fuel the airplane before or after their flight. Another friend of the pilot reported that the accident pilot arrived at the airport about 1910 on the day of the accident and began a preflight inspection of the accident airplane. The friend spoke with the pilot as he performed the inspection and stated that the pilot showed him a sump bottle "full of water" and joked with him about whether he needed to sump the fuel tank more than once. The pilot then returned to the right wing to continue sumping the fuel tank. The friend subsequently departed the airport and did not witness the accident. A witness, located near the end of the runway 6, observed the airplane perform three touch-and-go landings on runway
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation during the initial climb, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed while turning back to the runway, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
