ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284605
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| Date: | Friday 13 July 2007 |
| Time: | 11:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180A |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N5248D |
| MSN: | 50146 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Redding, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grants Pass, OR (3S8) |
| Redding, CA (O85) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The personal cross-country flight departed from Arlington, Washington, and briefly stopped in Grants Pass, Oregon, departing about 1100 for a final destination of Redding. While on a 2.5-mile final approach to the destination airport, the engine experienced a loss of engine power and the pilot performed an emergency landing in a field. The airplane collided with a berm during the landing roll. Just prior to the loss of power, the right fuel tank was empty and the left fuel tank had about 6 gallons of fuel remaining; the fuel selector was positioned on the "both" selection. According to the airplane's Owner's Manual, 5 gallons of fuel is unusable per tank in non-level flight. The pilot did not refuel while en route.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision concerning fuel system management and his failure to refuel while en route.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07LA216
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 19:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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