ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356278
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| Date: | Friday 31 January 1997 |
| Time: | 23:02 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolina, Inc. |
| Registration: | N4696G |
| MSN: | 17273322 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6862 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Wayne, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hendersonville, NC |
| Elkhart, IN (KEKM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight originated from Hendersonville, North Carolina, at 1730 est with the intended destination of Elkhart, Indiana. The pilot said that on final approach to runway 23 at Fort Wayne Municipal Airport, he lost power and discovered that he was out of fuel. 1.5 gallons of clean blue fuel was drained from the fuel filter. The Pilot's Operating Handbook states a total unusable fuel as 3 gallons.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate fuel management and fuel system exhaustion. A factor involved was the inadequate in-flight planning/decision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA062
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 1998 | N4696G | Karl H. Kitze | 0 | Lima, SC | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 20:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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