In true government fashion it took only 2-1/2 months for the accident report on the Tallahassee airplane accident to be written up by the NTSB investigators...
As we all expected...no fire = no fuel!
Here's the write up...(link: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080416X00494&key=1)
MIA08CA054
The pilot planed a flight from Washington, DC to Pensacola, FL. The pilot elected to stop at the Tallahassee Regional Airport, Tallahassee, FL, during the planned trip. Before reaching the airport, the airplane crashed onto a busy roadway intersection.
A Leon County Sheriff's Office representative stated he heard over the dispatch radio communications to contact the local airport; an airplane was having problems. A few moments later he observed an explosion at the top of the power lines located on the southeast corner of the intersection, almost immediately the entire city in the vicinity went completely dark. He observed flames rain down over the intersection. Approximately 6 to 8 people ran from the gas station area located on the southwest corner of the intersection. This all took place as he heard over the dispatch radio "it's down, it's down." He observed an object struck the ground. The airplane was near vertical with the front of the airplane in the grass at the southwest corner of the intersection. He came to the aid of the pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane. He observed the pilot secured by the seatbelt and was pinned in the crashed cockpit area of the airplane. Fire rescue extracted the pilot and transported him to the local hospital.
The responding FAA inspector stated that the airplane crashed 3 miles northeast of the Tallahassee Regional Airport, during an emergency landing. The airplane struck electrical power lines and a pole during the approach. The airplane impacted the ground nose first and remained in a near vertical position. There was no post crash fire and the fuel tanks were empty at the initial inspection of the airplane wreckage. During the interview with the pilot, he admitted to being embarrassed because he ran out of fuel in flight. The pilot stated "I even rocked the wings to use every drop of fuel".
A completed Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/ Incident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) was not received for this accident.
As we all expected...no fire = no fuel!
Here's the write up...(link: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080416X00494&key=1)
MIA08CA054
The pilot planed a flight from Washington, DC to Pensacola, FL. The pilot elected to stop at the Tallahassee Regional Airport, Tallahassee, FL, during the planned trip. Before reaching the airport, the airplane crashed onto a busy roadway intersection.
A Leon County Sheriff's Office representative stated he heard over the dispatch radio communications to contact the local airport; an airplane was having problems. A few moments later he observed an explosion at the top of the power lines located on the southeast corner of the intersection, almost immediately the entire city in the vicinity went completely dark. He observed flames rain down over the intersection. Approximately 6 to 8 people ran from the gas station area located on the southwest corner of the intersection. This all took place as he heard over the dispatch radio "it's down, it's down." He observed an object struck the ground. The airplane was near vertical with the front of the airplane in the grass at the southwest corner of the intersection. He came to the aid of the pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane. He observed the pilot secured by the seatbelt and was pinned in the crashed cockpit area of the airplane. Fire rescue extracted the pilot and transported him to the local hospital.
The responding FAA inspector stated that the airplane crashed 3 miles northeast of the Tallahassee Regional Airport, during an emergency landing. The airplane struck electrical power lines and a pole during the approach. The airplane impacted the ground nose first and remained in a near vertical position. There was no post crash fire and the fuel tanks were empty at the initial inspection of the airplane wreckage. During the interview with the pilot, he admitted to being embarrassed because he ran out of fuel in flight. The pilot stated "I even rocked the wings to use every drop of fuel".
A completed Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/ Incident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) was not received for this accident.
