ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353359
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 May 1999 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T188C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9603J |
| MSN: | T18803826T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2291 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stovepipe Wells, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Overton, NV (0L9) |
| Jean, NV (0L7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot/mechanic who overhauled the accident airplane engine was to remove it from the airplane, located on a highway in a remote desert area, to correct some discrepancies, which had caused the owner's pilot to make a precautionary landing. The mechanic chose to fly the airplane to another state where his shop is located. En route to a fuel source he landed on a road for directions. Subsequently, he arrived at the fuel source and had less than a gallon remaining. His next planned fuel stop was about 75 miles away. In the pilot's written statement he said he remembered noticing the fuel gauges reading low as he was flying low over sand dunes. The engine lost power, he turned on the boost pump, and the engine regained power momentarily. The aircraft then collided with sand dunes in the Death Valley National Park. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane and he had run it out of fuel. The accident site is about 195 miles from the departure point on a heading about 90 degrees from the pilot's intended course line.
Probable Cause: fuel exhaustion resulting from the pilot becoming lost and disoriented on a cross-country flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX99LA182
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