'Fuel Exhaustion' Led to B-25's Hard Landing: NTSB

"Old Glory," a 1940s era twin-engine bomber ran out of fuel before performing a hard landing in Stockton, NTSB said in its final report.

Meg Godlewski

Wednesday, February 08, 2023 at 04:58 PM ET

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View of the accident airplane at the accident site. [Courtesy: NTSB]

Key Takeaways:

A B-25 warbird crash-landed in Stockton, California, due to fuel exhaustion during the final leg of a ferry flight, injuring three crew members.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified erroneous fuel gauge indications and inadequate preflight planning and inspection by the crew as key contributing factors.
Crew members failed to visually verify fuel levels before the flight, relying instead on faulty gauges and conflicting fuel burn estimates, leading to the aircraft running out of fuel.

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A warbird on the very last leg of a ferry flight in 2020 made a hard landing in Stockton, California, because it ran out of fuel, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The NTSB released its final report on the September 19, 2020 accident involving the North American B-25N, N7946C known as Old Glory. Three people on board the aircraft were injured in the accident.