Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, May 18, 2001, Ronkonkoma-Lo...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on May 18, 2001 near Ronkonkoma-Long Island-McArthur Field, New York, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: May 18, 2001
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Ronkonkoma-Long Island-McArthur Field, New York, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to activate the fuel transfer pumps as the checklist required, causing fuel exhaustion.
A King Air 90 on a positioning flight from East Hampton lost power on both engines on final approach to Long Island MacArthur Airport. The pilot made a forced landing into trees about half a mile from the field, and no one was injured. The fuel transfer pumps were left off, so the engine nacelle tanks ran dry while about 27 gallons remained in each wing center tank.