ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356259
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| Date: | Friday 7 February 1997 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Vortex Helicopters |
| Registration: | N93873 |
| MSN: | 15285565 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8750 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-223-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gulfport, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KGPT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the airplane had been flown 1.8 hours prior to his departure, and he did not refuel. He estimated that two and one half hours of fuel remained. Approximately two hours into the flight, while receiving radar vectors back into Gulfport, the engine lost power. The pilot selected a road and made an emergency landing. The airplane collided with a tree while the pilot attempted a forced landing on the paved road. During an aircraft examination, approximately one and one half gallons of aviation fuel were recovered from the fuel system. According to the aircraft operator's manual, approximately one and one half gallons of fuel in the fuel system were considered unusable. A subsequent engine examination failed to disclose a mechanical problem.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL97LA039
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 2006 | N93873 | Jack Powell | 0 | Bennett, Colorado | |
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| 12-Mar-2024 20:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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