ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377571
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| Date: | Monday 11 March 1985 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182P |
| Owner/operator: | Michael Stortz |
| Registration: | N52581 |
| MSN: | 18262687 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2507 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Laurel, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Morrisville, VT (KMVL) |
| College Park, MD (CGS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM MORRISVILLE,VT THE ACFT LOST PWR AND THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND IN A CUL-DE-SAC IM A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT CONTAINED LESS THAN 1 GALLON OF FUEL. BOTH PLTS HAD DPTD PXT 4 DAYS PRIOR AND STOPPED ENROUTE TO PICK UP THEIR WIVES. FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL HAD BEEN DRAINED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE TO INSURE THE PROPER WT AND BALANCE. AFTER ARRIVING AT MVL THE PILOTS READ THE GUAGES AND CALCULATED FUEL COMSUMPTION AND ELECTED TO ADD 40 GALLONS OF FUEL. THEY NEVER PHYSICALLY CHECKED THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANKS BFR DEPARTING MVL. FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED ABT 3 HRS LTR FUEL GUAGES WERE ON EMPTY WELL BFR THAT TIME,PLT COULD HAVE LANDED BFR EXHAUSTING THE FUEL.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO85FA026
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 August 2007 | N52581 | Private | 0 | Nampa, Idaho | |
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| 30-Mar-2024 14:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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