ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167613
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| Date: | Friday 27 June 2014 |
| Time: | 12:19 |
| Type: |  Cessna T207 Turbo Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Surdex Corporation |
| Registration: | N207AB |
| MSN: | 20700342 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Indianapolis International Airport -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Indianapolis, IN (IND) |
| Indianapolis, IN (IND) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the airplane took off for an aerial mapping flight fully fueled (80 gallons of total fuel, 76 gallons of which were usable). After about 3.9 hours of flight, he returned to the airport to land. When the airplane was 1.5 miles from the runway, the engine lost power. The pilot reported that he performed the engine failure checklist (restart procedure) items from memory but was unable to reestablish power. The airplane cleared the airport perimeter fence but impacted terrain short of the runway.
During postaccident examination, no fuel was found in the left tank, fuel was found in the right tank, and the fuel selector was found positioned to the right tank. Other than the empty left tank, the examination revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction or abnormality that would have precluded normal engine operation. Therefore, it is likely that the fuel selector was positioned to the left tank and that the engine lost power due to fuel starvation when this tank ran dry. The pilot likely switched the fuel selector to the right tank during his unsuccessful attempt to restart the engine.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from the pilot's failure to monitor the fuel level and switch tanks in a timely fashion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2014 18:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Jun-2014 18:31 | Proudfoot | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 15:03 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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