ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298073
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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 2018 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N8191B |
| MSN: | 32R-8029084 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2812 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO540S1AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Big Spring, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Georgetown Municipal Airport, TX (KGTU) |
| Midland Airpark, TX (MDD/KMDD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, although the airplane's fuel gauge was providing intermittent information, he decided to depart on a night cross-country flight. During the flight, the engine lost power. The pilot declared an emergency and selected a road to land on. During the landing, the airplane struck power line wires, impacted the ground, and came to rest inverted.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the engine mounts, the rudder and the horizontal stabilizer.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration Aviation safety inspector revealed that the fuel selector was set to the right-wing tank, and there was no usable fuel in the right-wing tank. The left-wing tank contained usable fuel.
Per Title 14 CFR 91.205, no person may operate a powered civil aircraft with a standard category US airworthiness certificate with an inoperative fuel gauge.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to manage the airplane's fuel supply, which resulted in fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to attempt the flight with an inoperative fuel gauge.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA18CA152
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 12:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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