ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362069
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1993 |
| Time: | 18:57 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Dynamics, Inc. |
| Registration: | N39663 |
| MSN: | 28-7990002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1820 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dougherty, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arlington, TX (KARL) |
| Plainview, TX (KPVW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
RECORDS INDICATED THE AIRPLANE CONTAINED 48 GALLONS OF USABLE FUEL AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN FOR 2.3 HOURS BY ANOTHER PILOT. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PRIVATE PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT AND DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRPLANE. PERFORMANCE DATA REVIEW INDICATED A FUEL CONSUMPTION OF 10 GALLONS PER HOUR. TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WITHOUT REFUELING WAS 4.6 HOURS. AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, APPROXIMATELY 21 OUNCES OF FUEL REMAINED IN EACH WING TANK AND 3 OUNCES IN THE FUEL GASCOLATOR. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED PLOWED FURROWS
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION POWER LOSS DUE TO REFUELING NOT PERFORMED BY THE PILOT. A FACTOR WAS LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93LA155
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 February 1986 | N39663 | Clementon Aviation Of Deleware | 0 | Charleston, SC | |
sub |
| 10 October 1998 | N39663 | Air West Flying Club | 4 | Montrose, CO | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 17:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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