ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364911
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| Date: | Monday 15 July 1991 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4800P |
| MSN: | 25-4580 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-B2C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hawkinsville, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tifton, GA (NONE) |
| Cochran, GA (48A) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AG PILOT WAS ON THE RETURN LEG OF A SPARE PARTS RUN. HE HAD NOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, HE ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD ABOUT 22 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD; ENOUGH FOR THE 45 MILE FLIGHT. EN ROUTE, HE ENCOUNTERED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, AND DEVIATED HIS COURSE TO THE WEST. WHILE DEVIATING THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, HE EXHAUSTED HIS FUEL SUPPLY. HE FORCE LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A NEARBY PASTURE, BUT THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A TREE, RESULTING IN AIRFRAME DAMAGE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING, HIS FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE WHEN HE OBSERVED HIS FUEL SUPPLY GETTING LOW, AND THE RESULTANT EXHAUSTION OF HIS FUEL SUPPLY.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL91LA133
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 20:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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