ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387412
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| Date: | Monday 21 August 2000 |
| Time: | 21:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Aviation Adventures |
| Registration: | N8709G |
| MSN: | 15062809 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Friendly, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Salsbury, MD (KSBY) |
| (KVKX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While on the last leg of a solo cross-country flight, the student pilot became disoriented and contacted air traffic control for assistance. The air traffic controller at vectored the airplane over the destination airport two times, but the student pilot could not visually identify the airport due to increasing darkness. After about 20 minutes of searching for the airport, the fuel supply was exhausted, and the engine quit. The student pilot conducted a forced landing to a road, where it struck a tree before coming to rest upright. Visual inspection of the airplane after the accident revealed no evidence of fuel in the airplanes wing tanks or at the accident site.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inability to locate the airport, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor related to the accident was the night light conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC00LA235
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2024 08:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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