MINR · CESSNA T337 · 2017-07-07 · Greenwood, SC, USA
Event
NTSB number
ERA17LA235
Event ID
20170707X90818
Type
Accident
Date
2017-07-07
Location
Greenwood, SC, USA
Coordinates
34.25, -82.143608
Injuries
Highest injury
MINR
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
2
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
2
Aircraft
Make
CESSNA
Model
T337
Registration
N337J
FAR Part
091
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The pilots' inadequate preflight inspection, during which they failed to adequately verify the quantity of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a subsequent total loss of power to both engines, and a forced landing into trees. Contributing to the accident were the erroneous fuel quantity displayed by the fuel quantity indicating system fuel sender units and the operator's failure to comply with a mandatory service bulletin addressing inaccuracies in the fuel quantity indicating system.