The preliminary NTSB report of the September 19 Beech King Air B90 crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., indicates that the pilot ran out of fuel during a flight from Birmingham International Airport in Alabama to Georgetown Scott County Airport in Georgetown, Ky. The airplane landed in a parking lot, cartwheeled into several cars and hit a light pole. The ATP-rated pilot and three passengers suffered minor injuries.
According to the NTSB report, the pilot told investigators that all four fuel gauges were between the three-quarters and full position during the preflight inspection, leading him to believe that the airplane had approximately three hours of fuel for the one-hour, 20-minute flight from Alabama to Kentucky. Before departing from Alabama, he “only looked at the right two full gauges. The nacelle tank was between half and three-quarters, and the wing tank was ‘pegged.’” The pilot told investigators that “this sometimes happened on start up, and then would settle down.” He added, “This seemed consistent with what I thought should be on the aircraft.”
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