ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167933
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 2014 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Wheeler Express Auriga |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N234VV |
| MSN: | 26 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Engine model: | Subaru ED-33 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sunny Meade Road near Central Jersey Regional Airport (47N), Manville, -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Manville, NJ (47N) |
| Manville, NJ (47N) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a local personal flight in the experimental amateur-built airplane. While the airplane was on final approach and the pilot was maneuvering to land, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The airplane then impacted trees about 1/4 mile from the approach end of the runway. A witness reported hearing the engine “sputtering badly” before impact. According to local authorities who responded to the accident, the pilot reported that he “estimated” that he had sufficient fuel for 45 minutes of flight on board before departure and that the flight was about 18 minutes long. However, he further reported that he may not have seen one of the fuel warning lights illuminate during the landing and that he may have been “too low on fuel.”
Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Examination of the accident site revealed no evidence of fuel spillage and no fuel odor. Therefore, given the evidence and the pilot’s statement, it is likely that the engine experienced a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Media:
Breaking: This small plane crashed into a field in Somerset County, NJ. It happened in Hillsborough Twp. before 11am. pic.twitter.com/7dEIHOuWHc
— FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) July 16, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2014 16:56 | 78Delta | Added |
| 16-Jul-2014 16:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jul-2014 17:25 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Jul-2014 11:45 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 31-Jul-2014 04:36 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 18:50 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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