ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285878
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| Date: | Saturday 5 July 2008 |
| Time: | 17:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172F |
| Owner/operator: | Blue Diamond Aviation |
| Registration: | N8881U |
| MSN: | 17252799 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pomona, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA (SEE/KSEE) |
| La Verne-Brackett Field, CA (POC/KPOC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that when he started his cross-country flight, 2.4 hours had been flown by the airplane since the fuel tanks had been topped off. His first leg was 1.1 hours in length; he landed and spent approximately 1.5 hours on the ground. He was approximately 1.1 hours into his return flight, turning base for landing, when the engine lost power. He performed a forced landing to a large parking lot and impacted the fence on its perimeter during landing roll. The airplane's right wing lift strut was bent, and the right wing's leading edge was wrinkled and bent. No fuel was found in the airplane's fuel tanks.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his failure to refuel the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX08CA214
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2022 16:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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