Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Indianapolis International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Indianapolis, Indiana 46241
Friday, June 27, 2014 12:19 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On June 27, 2014, at 1219 eastern daylight time, a Cessna T207, N207AB, landed short of the runway at Indianapolis International Airport (KIND), Indianapolis, Indiana. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to Aero Systems, Inc., of Erie, Colorado, and operated by Surdex Corporation, of Chesterfield, Missouri, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a business flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The local flight originated from IND approximately 0845.
The airplane had been engaged in aerial mapping of an area north on KIND. According to the pilot's accident report, he departed KIND about 0845 with full fuel (80 gallons, 76 gallons useable). After about 3 hours of aerial work, he returned to KIND for land. When the airplane was 1.5 miles from runway 23L, the engine lost power. The pilot was able to clear the airport perimeter fence, but the airplane impacted terrain short of the runway.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors examined the airplane on the day of the accident, and again on June 30 and July 7. According to the FAA's principal maintenance inspector's report, the airplane was placed in a level position and the fuel tanks were visually inspected. No fuel was observed in the left tank, but fuel could be seen in the right tank. When the left tank was sumped, no fuel was recovered. The fuel selector was found positioned on the right tank. When the airplane was raised up, fuel leaked in the area of the main fuel line strainer. When the fuel selector was moved to the left tank position, the fuel stopped leaking. Fuel that was collected showed no evidence of contamination.
According to FlightAware, a global aviation software and data services company that tracks flights throughout the world, the airplane's average ground speed was 107 knots. If each tank contained 36.5 gallons of useable fuel and the power loss occurred 3.9 hours later, FAA inspectors calculated the fuel consumption rate to be slightly less than 10 gallons per hour.
FAA photographs indicated the beginning Hobbs meter and tachometer times were 1,737.2 and 627.1 hours, and the ending times were 1,741.1 and 630.5 hours, a difference of 3.9 and 3.4 hours, respectively.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/27/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1219 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Indianapolis |
| Event State | INDIANA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 46241 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 390000N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0860000E |
| Event Location Airport | Indianapolis International |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | KIND |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 50 |
| Airport Elevation | 797 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1238 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 50 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | IND |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 797 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3800 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 29 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 19 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 130 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.06 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | SPECI KIND 271638Z 13009KT 10SM FEW038 FEW150 29/1 |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA AGL ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 26 2014 3:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | scoa |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N207AB |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA327 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T207 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20700342 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3803 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 24 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 11 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AERO SYSTEMS INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | ERIE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 805168143 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | SURDEX CORPORATION |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | . |
| Operator City | CHESTERFIELD |
| Operator State | MO |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 63005 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Aerial Observation |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | IND |
| Departure City | Indianapolis |
| Departure State | IN |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 845 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | IND |
| Destination City | Indianapolis |
| Destination State | IN |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 26 2014 3:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | scoa |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 23L |
| Runway Length | 10000 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |