ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133830
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Date: | Sunday 16 June 1996 |
Time: | 18:15 LT |
Type: | Smyth Sidewinder |
Owner/operator: | Tommy L. Owens |
Registration: | N177TJ |
MSN: | 2559 |
Total airframe hrs: | 370 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Minden, LA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Memphis, TN (2M6) |
Destination airport: | Shreveport, LA (KDTN) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During flight, at about 2,500 feet, the engine lost power. A forced landing was made to a field with small saplings and bushes, and the airplane came to rest in an inverted position. The pilot reported that he departed Memphis with 17 gallons of fuel on board. The FAA inspector on the scene of the accident reported that he drained 3 tablespoons of fuel from the fuel tank. The pilot reported as a safety recommendation, 'When calibrating fuel capacity and markings for [the] fuel gauge, fuel should have been drained to see how the fuel gauge indicated as fuel was being used.'
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper fuel consumption calculations resulting in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW96LA257 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA257
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
09-Apr-2024 06:19 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, Category, Accident report] |
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