ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147967
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| Date: | Sunday 26 August 2012 |
| Time: | 10:54 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150G |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6346S |
| MSN: | 15067146 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3570 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Madera, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bullhead City, AZ (KIFP) |
| Madera, CA (KMAE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was nearing the end of a 349-mile flight. When he was 3.5 miles from the destination airport, at 2,300 feet mean sea level, the engine began to sputter and then quit. The pilot was over a residential neighborhood and realized the airplane was not going to make it to the airport. He turned the airplane right toward a dry river bed; however, the airplane collided with a tree, then impacted terrain, and flipped over. The pilot said it was likely that he had exhausted his fuel supply.
Probable Cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8787344&rss=rss-kfsn-article-8787344
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6346S
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/11_6346S.txt
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2012 16:46 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 13:19 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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