ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355570
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Date: | Friday 11 July 1997 |
Time: | 18:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | Richard Glazar |
Registration: | N4594B |
MSN: | 15283547 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gila Bend, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Yuma, AZ (KYUM) |
Destination airport: | (E63) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The student pilot took off for his third cross-country solo flight. He stated that he took his fight instructor's word that there would be enough fuel for the entire flight. He did not perform any fuel consumption calculations en route, nor did he visually check the fuel quantity levels after he reached his intermediate destination. The airplane ran out of fuel prior to reaching his second destination. During an emergency landing, the airplane hit trees and was damaged.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to verify the fuel quantity prior to departure, and his failure to perform sufficient en route fuel consumption calculations during the cross-country flight.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX97LA240 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97LA240
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