ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279968
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| Date: | Sunday 16 July 2017 |
| Time: | 21:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | RA-2842G |
| MSN: | 17265924 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | in the area of the Khuzhir village (the Baikal lake water zone in the -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was ditched after the engine quit.
Conclusion
Most likely, the RA-2842G crash was caused by engine shutdown in flight due to fuel depletion, which resulted in the need to make an emergency landing on water.
The contributing factors were:
- malfunction of the fuel quantity indication system;
- lack of training of the pilot;
- mistaken understanding of fuel consumption by the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Final Report: https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/fdf/report_ra-2842g.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 October 1988 | N9062H | Militair Aviation | 0 | Peyton, CO |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2022 19:35 | Hirurg | Added |
| 03-Jul-2022 19:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Narrative, Accident report] |
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