ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385972
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| Date: | Sunday 29 April 2001 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2567C |
| MSN: | 26211 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3696 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-145-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Henderson, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Henderson, NV (L15) |
| Henderson, NV | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
In a telephone interview, the pilot stated that he left Henderson approximately 1230 for the local flight. He stated that he took off with an estimated 15 to 18 gallons of fuel onboard. There were no records indicating that the airplane had been fueled prior to the flight. He practiced flight maneuvers and three wheel landings at a nearby dry lake bed and then landed at Jean, Nevada, airport for a 20-minute rest stop. He did not fuel the aircraft at Jean airport, which had fuel service available. He stated that during his return to Henderson, the engine slowed down and stopped approximately 3 miles from the airport. He attempted a restart. The engine restarted and ran for about 1 minute and stopped again, resulting in a forced landing 1 mile short of the airport in rough desert terrain. He stated that the accident happened at 1400. This would indicate a flight time of 1 hour 10 minutes. According to the owner's manual for the airplane, the maximum fuel consumption at sea level with the mixture leaned is 12.5 gallons per hour. At a cruise altitude of 5,000 feet with mixture leaned, the fuel consumption is 9.6 gallons per hour. The airplane holds 42 gallons of fuel in two wing tanks. The useable fuel is 37 gallons. This leaves approximately 2.5 gallons of unusable fuel in each wing tank, which would result in 13 gallons available when the airplane initially departed.
Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing in rough terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX01LA158
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Apr-2024 09:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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