ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364867
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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 1991 |
| Time: | 18:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 |
| Owner/operator: | Tim Robel |
| Registration: | N4944D |
| MSN: | 51044 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4292 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Girdwood, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON A DIRT SERVICE ROAD. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD ABOUT 6 TO 8 GALLONS OF FUEL, THE RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING, FUEL STARVATION AND FUEL SUPPLY NOT UNDERSTOOD BY THE PILOT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS ROUGH AND UNEVEN TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91LA105
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1987 | N4944D | Richard Davis | 0 | Star, ID | |
min |
| 2 June 1990 | N4944D | Private | 0 | TEKOA, Washington | |
sub |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 19:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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