ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 384785
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 March 1982 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N714KR |
| MSN: | 15079238 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1864 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wheeling, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Oshkosh, WI |
| Palwaukee, IL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED WHEELING, IL ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO DUBUQUE, IA; OSHKOSH, WI AND RETURN. THE PILOT REFUELED WITH 17.7 GALLONS OF 100 OCTANE LOW-LEAD GASOLINE AT DUBUQUE, BUT DID NOT REFUEL AT OSHKOSH. NEAR MILWAUKEE, HE NOTED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 1/2 FULL AND THE LEFT GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY. THE PILOT CONTINUED ON TOWARD HIS DESTINATION, AND SIX MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND FINALLY LOST POWER. THE PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD, BUT AT THE END OF HIS LANDING ROLL, THE PLANE STRUCK A ROW OF HEDGES. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI82DA097
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1990 | N714KS | Adf Airways Corporation | 0 | Florida City, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Apr-2024 14:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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