ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385963
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| Date: | Monday 30 April 2001 |
| Time: | 18:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182Q |
| Owner/operator: | Kentucky Airmotive Inc. |
| Registration: | N129V |
| MSN: | 18267444 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8651 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paintsville, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Pikeville-Pike County-Hatcher Field, KY (PVL/KPBX) |
| Pikeville-Pike County-Hatcher Field, KY (PVL/KPBX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that on the day of the accident, he flew between 5-6 hours, but estimated an endurance of 7 hours based on full tanks at the economy cruise setting. During his fourth flight of the day, the engine lost all power. The pilot told the passenger that he thought he was out of fuel, and performed a forced landing into a cornfield. The pilot added that before he departed on his first flight of the day, he instructed the fixed based operator to completely fuel the airplane. Subsequently, during the preflight inspection, both tanks appeared to be full. However, the manager of the fixed based operator stated that prior to the accident pilot arriving at the airport, the airplane was flown 1.2 hours by a different pilot. After that flight, the airplane was not refueled before the accident pilot departed. The manager believed the accident pilot departed with 76 gallons of fuel, instead of the 88-gallon useable capacity.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the aircraft, which resulted in fuel exhaustion during cruise flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC01LA112
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Apr-2024 09:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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