Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Falcon Fld. Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Mesa, Arizona 85205
Monday, May 13, 1985 19:43 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
PLT TOOK OFF FROM SCOTTSDALE AT 1934 MST FOR A 13 NM FLT TO REPOSITION THE ACFT TO HOME BASE. WITHIN MINUTES THE PLT ADVISED ATC THAT HE WAS 6 MI OUT WITH MINIMUM FUEL AND REQUESTED NO DELAY. HE THEN ASKED FOR CLEARANCE TO RWY 22R AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 22R, AT 1943 MST THE PLT ADVISED THE TWR THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RWY. BOTH ENGS HAD STOPPED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING 1/4 MILE FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 22R IN A LEVEL DIRT AREA. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT CONTAINED 120 LBS OF FUEL UPON DEPARTURE FROM SCOTTSDALE AND NO LOW FUEL WARNING WAS RECEIVED. THE PLT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK STATES THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT SHOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN 60 GALLONS OF FUEL IN EITHER TANK OR WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN 120 GALLONS TOTAL FUEL ON BOARD. THE MANUAL ALSO STATED THE ACFT BURNS 170 GPH AT 70 PERCENT POWER.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/13/1985 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1943 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | MESA |
| Event State | ARIZONA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 85205 |
| Event Date Year | 1985 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FALCON FLD. |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FFZ |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 40 |
| Airport Elevation | 1393 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1945 Mountain Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 220 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FFZ |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1393 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MST |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 40 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 805 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 13 1985 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2355 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 28033 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 3 2011 4:39PM |
| User who most recently changed record | broda |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4661V |
| NTSB Number | LAX85LA257 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T303 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | T303 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | T30300276 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5150 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 1 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 59 |
| Airframe Hours | 59 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SUPERSTITION AIR SERVICE |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4766 FALCON DRIVE |
| Aircraft Owner City | MESA |
| Aircraft Owner State | AZ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 85205 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SDL |
| Departure City | SCOTTSDALE |
| Departure State | AZ |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1934 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | FFZ |
| Destination City | MESA |
| Destination State | AZ |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 3 2011 4:39PM |
| User who most recently changed record | broda |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 22R |
| Runway Length | 3800 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |