ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140251
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 December 2011 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Mazzei Flying Service |
| Registration: | N2466D |
| MSN: | 38-79A0324 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10018 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Yolo County Airport - KDWA, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento, CA (SMF) |
| Davis, CA (DWA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Before beginning the cross-country flight, the pilot did not fill the fuel tanks to capacity due to weight and balance concerns and estimated the amount of fuel onboard. While on final approach, the engine lost power. Following the loss of engine power, the pilot switched fuel tanks, but he could not recall which fuel tank the fuel selector was positioned to before the power loss. The pilot landed the airplane in a field short of the runway, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. When the airplane came to rest, the pilot positioned the fuel selector to the "off" position. Postaccident examination revealed that fuel was present in the left wing tank; however, no fuel was identified in the right wing tank. The engine was test run with no operational anomalies identified. Although the position of the fuel selector when the power loss occurred could not be determined, it is likely that it was positioned to the right fuel tank. In this position, the engine would have been unable to access fuel from the left fuel tank.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 2000 | N2466D | Golden Eagle Enterprises, Inc. | 0 | SELMA, California | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2011 23:32 | RobertMB | Added |
| 19-Dec-2011 10:30 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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