ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154416
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| Date: | Friday 22 March 2013 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172G Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5931R |
| MSN: | 17253600 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6461 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SE of French Valley Airport - F70, Murrieta/Temecula, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fallbrook, CA (L18) |
| Murrieta, CA (F70) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, the airplane lost engine power as it approached the destination airport. The pilot attempted to restart the engine unsuccessfully and performed a forced landing to a nearby street. During the landing roll, the airplane hit a chain link fence and sustained substantial damage to the engine firewall, undercarriage, and the tail. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the fuel tanks remained intact and were not breached and that both tanks contained a total of 1.5 gallons of fuel. The pilot operating handbook identifies 3.0 gallons as unusable. There was no evidence of preexisting mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=5931R
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2013 19:44 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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