Accident Details
The flight was airborne for approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes when the pilot reported to Approach Control that the airplane's engines had lost power. The pilot stated, 'the right engine quit, shortly thereafter the left engine quit.' Air traffic control provided vectors to an airport, but after sighting the airport, the pilot determined it was 'too far to make a safe landing' and elected to land on the beach instead.
Passenger Account
According to one of the passengers, after the engines failed, the pilot 'tried many tricks to get down...switched fuel tanks, pumps on/off etc...to no avail.' The pilot also mentioned that the 'fuel gauges [were] giving faulty readings' but did not specify the amount of fuel onboard at the time of the failure or whether the airplane had been serviced with fuel before departure.
Investigation Findings
When FAA personnel arrived at the wreckage, they found no fuel in the fuel tanks. None of the fuel tanks had been breached, and there were no signs of any fuel leakage.