ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160795
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| Date: | Saturday 21 September 2013 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182E Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3152Y |
| MSN: | 18254152 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6308 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Middletown Springs, VT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | South Hero, VT (VT26) |
| Glens Falls, NY (GFL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane departed from a private airport that did not have fuel available for purchase. The pilot reported that he elected to refuel while en route to his destination instead of other airports located near the departure airport. The pilot further reported that upon reaching the airport that he intended to refuel at, he found it was closed and diverted to another airport. At that time, he noticed that the airplane's fuel gauge needles were "bouncing off empty." The airplane subsequently experienced a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot performed a forced landing to a field, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall and forward portion of the fuselage. The pilot stated that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane and had he received a full weather briefing prior to the flight, he would have known about the closed airport and planned accordingly.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 February 2012 | N3152Y | Private | 0 | Near Chiraco Summit, Joshua Tree National Park, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2013 02:09 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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