ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366915
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| Date: | Friday 25 May 1990 |
| Time: | 10:46 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Jefe Voladores, Inc. |
| Registration: | N8474D |
| MSN: | 18-6179 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fullerton, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED WITH 35 GALLONS OF FUEL. FLEW FOR ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES DURING WHICH TIME HE FLEW HALF AND HALF ON THE TANKS. HE STATED HE DEPARTED AND LANDED ON THE LEFT TANK. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM NOTED 15 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT TANK AND 1/4 GALLON IN THE LEFT TANK. ALSO NOTED WAS A FIELD FABRICATED SECONDARY POINTER ON THE FUEL SELECTOR. THIS POINTER WOULD NOT CONSISTENTLY INDEX WITH THE STOCK IMPERIAL VALVE POINTER.
Probable Cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE. A FACTOR WAS THE IMPROPERLY MODIFIED FUEL SELECTOR VALVE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA195
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 13:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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