# NTSB Accident CHI04LA264
> **Cessna 401** · 2004-09-18 · New Century, KS, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04LA264
- **Event ID:** 20040923X01486
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-09-18
- **Location:** New Century, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.831111, -94.890274
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 401
- **Registration:** N408TE
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during approach to an alternate airport.  Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing, his flight into adverse weather, and the thunderstorm.

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