Cessna 401 crash, Sep 11, 1991, Jackson-McKellar Sipes
Cessna 401 accident on September 11, 1991 near Jackson-McKellar Sipes, Tennessee, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot failed to select...
- Date: September 11, 1991
- Aircraft: Cessna 401
- Location: Jackson-McKellar Sipes, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to select the main fuel tanks before the approach, resulting in fuel starvation and engine stoppage.
A Cessna 401 pilot cancelled his instrument flight plan and flew visually toward Jackson, but had not switched from the auxiliary to the main fuel tanks. Both engines quit on approach from fuel starvation. He force-landed in a field short of the airport, and a post-crash fire destroyed the fuselage. All occupants got out of the aircraft.