# NTSB Accident DCA04MA068
> **Convair Div. of Gen. Dynamics CV-340 (580)** · 2004-08-13 · Florence, KY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA04MA068
- **Event ID:** 20040825X01286
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-08-13
- **Location:** Florence, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.990478, -84.640289
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Convair Div. of Gen. Dynamics
- **Model:** CV-340 (580)
- **Registration:** N586P
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** —
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

fuel starvation resulting from the captain's decision not to follow approved fuel crossfeed procedures. Contributing to the accident were the captain's inadequate preflight planning, his subsequent distraction during the flight, and his lateinitiation of the in-range checklist. Further contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to monitor the fuel gauges and to recognize that the airplane's changing handling characteristics were caused by a fuel imbalance.

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