ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175917
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| Date: | Monday 4 May 2015 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8703W |
| MSN: | 28-10235 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 B4B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Huntington Municipal Airport (KHHG), Huntington, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anderson, IN (AID) |
| Auburn, IN (GWB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that he departed on a 76-mile cross-country flight with about 5 gallons of fuel in the left main fuel tank, about 16 gallons in the right main tank, and 6 gallons in the right wingtip fuel tank. About 31 miles from the destination, with the left main fuel tank selected, the engine experienced a total loss of power and the pilot conducted a forced landing to a two-lane highway. During the landing, the airplane collided with the rear of a truck, separating the right wing. The airplane came to rest inverted in a ditch about 250 ft from the initial impact point.
The pilot reported that the entire flight was conducted on the left main fuel tank. Given the expected fuel consumption and distance traveled before the loss of power, the accident is consistent with the pilot’s fuel mismanagement, which resulted in the engine being starved of available fuel.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8703W
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 1964 | N8703W | Private | 0 | Topeka KS | |
w/o |
Location
Images:
photo: Indiana State police
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2015 20:02 | Geno | Added |
| 05-May-2015 14:55 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 13-May-2015 19:43 | Geno | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 16-Sep-2018 19:11 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 17-Sep-2018 19:05 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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