ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215772
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 March 1986 |
| Time: | 10:26 |
| Type: |  NZAI Fletcher FU-24-950 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-AFN |
| MSN: | 224 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Enmore, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Enmore, NSW |
| Enmore, NSW | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Before commencing the 17th spreading flight for the day, the pilot noted that one fuel tank indicated empty and the other indicated one quarter full. After a normal takeoff and turn at about 150 feet above ground level, the engine lost all power. The pilot was committed to a landing in a small paddock with a downhill slope. Touchdown was made in light tailwind conditions, and during an attempt to turn the aircraft to lengthen the landing distance available, the left wing struck the ground. The aircraft partially ground-looped, one tyre was rolled off its rim and the aircraft came to rest within the confines of the paddock. The pilot then physically checked the fuel tank contents and found that only a few litres remained in one of the tanks, while the other was empty. The loss of engine power was caused by fuel starvation. The pilot had not previously flown the aircraft and was not aware of the time the aircraft had been flown since it had last been refuelled. He did not accurately determine the quantity of fuel in the aircraft prior to commencing the operation, nor did he have any method of determining the duration of the flight. He relied solely on the fuel gauges to determine the quantity of fuel in the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1986/aair/aair198602321/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28324/aair198602321.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 March 1979 | ZK-EGB | Fieldair Ltd | Bideford, Wairarapa |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2018 13:02 | Pineapple | Added |
| 06-Feb-2022 23:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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