ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295340
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| Date: | Saturday 23 August 2003 |
| Time: | 04:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N33170 |
| MSN: | 28-7505129 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3964 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nampa, Idaho -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bountiful-Salt Lake Skypark, UT (BTF/KBTF) |
| Nampa, ID (S67) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the airplane passed over the last airport on its route of flight where fuel was available, the pilot determined he was doing good on time and had plenty of fuel to reach his destination. On its final approach to the destination airport, and after having run out of fuel in one tank, the pilot switched over to the other tank. As the second tank's contents became exhausted, the pilot, in an attempt to keep the engine running, switched back and forth between tanks a couple of times; however, this proved unsuccessful and the aircraft's fuel supply was now entirely exhausted. Seeing that he would not make the runway, the pilot landed in a field just short of the runway. The lower right wing was substantially damaged as a result of an upward compression deformation of the wing structure.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision by failing to refuel while en route, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power. A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA03LA177
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 2002 | N33170 | Private | 0 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 07:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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