ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231239
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| Date: | Saturday 20 July 2019 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Evektor SportStar |
| Owner/operator: | Sunshine Flyers |
| Registration: | N409EV |
| MSN: | 20050409 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Engine model: | Bombardier |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tracy, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Martin, CA (E16) |
| Auburn, CA (AUN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while conducting the preflight inspection, he mistook the voltmeter for the fuel gauge. The first leg of his flight was uneventful; however, on the return flight, the engine started to sputter and then lost all power. He navigated toward a nearby airport, but when he realized that the airplane would not reach the airport, he chose to land on a field near the south end of the airport. During the landing, the left wing impacted a tree.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and horizontal stabilizer.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent emergency landing and collision with a tree.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 January 2012 | N409EV | Sport Aviation Sales | 0 | San Diego-Brown Field Municipal Airport, CA (KSDM) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Dec-2019 18:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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