ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371366
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| Date: | Friday 25 March 1988 |
| Time: | 16:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Tri-air |
| Registration: | N4712D |
| MSN: | 15283592 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3474 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Preston, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Columbia, MO (KCOU) |
| Springfield, MO (KSGF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE SECOND LEG OF A X-COUNTRY TRNG FLT WHEN THE ENG QUIT. EXAM OF THE ACFT FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT NO FUEL WAS PRESENT. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE ORIGINAL DEPARTURE ARPT WITHOUT A FULL LOAD OF FUEL, AND HAD PLANNED TO ACQUIRE FUEL AT THE SECOND OF TWO PLANNED STOPS. THE PILOT STATED HE VISUALLY CHKD FUEL BEFORE COMMENCING THE FLT, BUT THAT HE DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE FUEL QUANTITY PRESENT IN THE TANKS WAS SUFFICIENT FOR THE PROPOSED TRNG FLT. THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A FLD 40 MILES SHORT OF HIS PROPOSED FUELING STOP.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC88LA069
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 October 1991 | N4712B | Tri-air Flight School | 0 | Lee's Summit, MO | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 20:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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