ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 375772
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Date: | Saturday 28 December 1985 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 150 |
Owner/operator: | Lake Geneva Air Services |
Registration: | N8687S |
MSN: | N8678S |
Total airframe hrs: | 3364 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Glidden, WI -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Lake Geneva, WI (CO2) |
Destination airport: | Ashland, WI (KASX) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWERLINES WHILE ATTEMPTING A POWER OFF LANDING AFTER ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE FUEL TANKS WERE INSPECTED AND THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANKS AND ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY IN THE LFT TANK. THE ENGINE WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS WERE INSPECTED WITH THE WINGS IN A LEVEL POSITION AND THE FUEL TANKS EMPTY. EACH INDICATOR NEELE WAS IN OR BELOW THE EMPTY RED RADIAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CHECKED HIS FUEL GAUGES TEN MILES BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT. WHEN INTERVIEWED, THE PILOT STATED THAT 'IN MY CAR I CAN DRIVE ON EMPTY FOR A WHILE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI86LA053 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI86LA053
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Mar-2024 09:19 |
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