ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358595
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| Date: | Sunday 23 July 1995 |
| Time: | 19:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Camarillo Flight Center |
| Registration: | N5388L |
| MSN: | 28-4696 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4150 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santa Paula, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas, NV (KVGT) |
| Camarillo, CA (KCMA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT WAS EN ROUTE BACK TO HIS ORIGIN AIRPORT ON A ROUND ROBIN CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AS HE NEARED THE DESTINATION. HE TOLD RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS THAT HE RAN OUT OF GAS AND HAD TO LAND IN THE RIVERBED. ONLY RESIDUAL FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS BY THE OFFICERS. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ORIGINALLY DID THE FLIGHT PLANING FOR THIS FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 172. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER FLOWN THE PIPER PA28 BEFORE THIS FLIGHT. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE OPERATOR'S FBO, HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CESSNA 172 WAS UNAVAILABLE AND HE WAS OFFERED THE PIPER INSTEAD. THE PILOT SAID HE 'SHOULD HAVE REPLANNED THE FLIGHT, BUT WAS IN A HURRY.' HE ASSUMED THAT THE PIPER AND THE CESSNA HAD SIMILAR FUEL CONSUMPTION RATES. THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT REFUEL IN LAS VEGAS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH FOR THE RETURN TRIP.
Probable Cause: fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to perform preflight fuel consumption calculations, and his failure to refuel the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX95LA268
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 1996 | N5388L | Sun Air Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Palm Springs, CA | |
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| 14-Mar-2024 16:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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