ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354979
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| Date: | Friday 28 November 1997 |
| Time: | 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172G |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3908L |
| MSN: | 17254077 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3169 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hazel Green, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated he remembered nothing about the day of or the flight that resulted in the accident. The aircraft was observed in flight with the propeller stopped just before impact with trees. All components of the airframe and engine were postcrash tested negatively for malfunction or failure. Fuel was tested negatively for water content. The fuel tanks were not ruptured, and there was no odor of fuel at the crash site. Evidence in the aircraft and statements by the pilot's friends indicate the pilot planned to change the aircraft's fuel selector valve after landing. The aircraft type-certificate data sheets state that of the 39 gallons that can be onloaded, 3 gallons must be considered unusable. Something less than 2 gallons was actually removed from the total fuel system.
Probable Cause: the pilot's miscalculating the aircraft's fuel consumption for the flight, resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA036
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 06:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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