ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357834
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| Date: | Friday 19 January 1996 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Training Systems, Inc. |
| Registration: | N598Z |
| MSN: | 38-79A0353 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1798 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Falfurrias, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Alice, TX (KALI) |
| Brownsville, TX (BRO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot departed Brownsville, Texas for a solo cross-country flight that took him to Corpus Christi, Texas for 'touch and go's', and then to Rockport, Texas for a full-stop landing. The aircraft was refueled in Rockport and the flight continued to Alice, Texas for a full-stop landing. Approximately 25 minutes into the final leg of the cross-country flight from Alice to Brownsville, the engine lost power. When emergency procedures to restore engine power were unsuccessful, a forced landing was made into a field with soft soil. Examination of the aircraft revealed that the left fuel tank was empty and the right tank was full. The fuel selector was found in the left position.
Probable Cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's improper positioning of the fuel selector. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA105
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 07:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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