ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365652
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 February 1991 |
| Time: | 17:17 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Clarence Mixon |
| Registration: | N3724P |
| MSN: | 22-3442 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3427 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fullerton, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Corona, CA (L66) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE NONCERTIFICATED PILOT FILLED THE AIRPLANE'S GAS TANKS WITH ABOUT 20 GALLONS OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL FROM UNFILTERED GASOLINE CANS. HE THEN FAILED TO DO AN ADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. SHORTLY AFTER EXECUTING A DOWNWIND DEPARTURE AND WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ABEAM THE TOWER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CONTAINED ABOUT ONE HALF CUP OF WATER. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS WATER IN THE FUEL TANK.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA113
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 12:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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