ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366597
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| Date: | Thursday 12 July 1990 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210L |
| Owner/operator: | Air Express Services Inc. |
| Registration: | N2074S |
| MSN: | 21061041 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Memphis, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Olive Branch, MS (OLV |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES READ 3/4 UPON DEPARTURE. HE ALSO SAID THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE WAS INTERMITTENT. WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT ON SHORT FINAL, HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM THE LEFT TANK TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS FOUND EMPTY. TESTING REVEALED THAT THE LEFT TANK WAS INTACT & THE QUANTITY INDICATOR WAS INOPERABLE. FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WHICH WAS ALSO BREACHED BY IMPACT DAMAGE. FIRE PERSONNEL SAID THEY PUT THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE OFF POSITION, AFTER THE ACCIDENT, BECAUSE FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT TANK DRAIN.
Probable Cause: FUEL MISMANAGEMENT BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION DURING FINAL APPROACH.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL90LA142
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 2020 | N2074S | Private | 1 | Fort Worth Spinks Airport (KFWS), Fort Worth, TX | |
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| Fuel starvation | ||||||
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 10:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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