ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364637
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| Date: | Monday 26 August 1991 |
| Time: | 04:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Leroy Rawding |
| Registration: | N8284G |
| MSN: | 18801285T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Market, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cambridge, MD (KCGE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT SAID THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM AN AERIAL APPLICATION. HE STATED THAT HIS FUEL GAGES WERE NOT OPERATIVE, AND DURING THE PREFLIGHT, HE ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD ABOUT 1.5 HOURS OF FUEL ABOARD. HE SAID THE FLIGHT LASTED ABOUT 50 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF HE HAD BEEN MORE CAREFUL IN CHECKING THE FUEL TANKS AND REFUELING AFTER EACH TRIP. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.
Probable Cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE INOPERATIVE FUEL QUANTITY GAGES.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO91LA076
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 1988 | N8284G | Danny Ellis | 0 | Oak City, NC | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 17:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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