ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70109
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| Date: | Thursday 19 November 2009 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | L AND P OF WINONA INC |
| Registration: | N3148Q |
| MSN: | 28-7790438 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3663 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Mineola/Quitman (Wood County Airport), TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Carl Folsom, AL (14J) |
| Addison Aiport, TX (ADS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the first leg of a night cross-country flight the pilot stopped (about 441 nautical miles from his departure airport) and filled the airplane with 46.27 gallons of fuel (fuel capacity, 48 gallons usable). The pilot then proceeded to his destination airport. While en route the pilot told air traffic control that he was "cutting this a little short" and needed to divert to a nearby airport (located about 485 nm from his previous refueling stop). During the descent to the airport, the pilot was unable to activate the landing lights at the airport (published out-of-service), so he changed his intended landing airport to another airport, located about 4 miles north. During the approach to that airport, the airplane collided with trees and impacted terrain just short of the runway. An on-site examination of the airplane revealed only a few ounces of fuel was in the left and right wing fuel tanks, and the engine gasolator was empty. A follow-up inspection of the airplane's engine and propeller indicated that the engine was not rotating at the time of impact with the terrain. The engine and airframe examination found no apparent abnormalities that would have prevented normal operation.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2009 11:50 | RobertMB | Added |
| 19-Nov-2009 11:53 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 19-Jan-2010 10:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 17:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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