ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231646
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| Date: | Sunday 22 December 2019 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: | Cosmos Phase II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5057Z |
| MSN: | B21479 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 503 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mohave County, Lake Havasu, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake Havasu, AZ |
| Lake Havasu, AZ | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while the trike was at cruise flight about 800 ft above ground level, the engine lost power. He attempted to restart the engine to no avail and then initiated a landing in open desert. During the landing roll, the trike impacted a large boulder. Postaccident examination of the trike revealed that it had run out of fuel. The pilot added that the trike was not equipped with a fuel quantity gauge and that the only way to verify the fuel level was to visually look in the fuel tank. Additionally, he thought he had a full tank of fuel before takeoff. The trike sustained substantial damage to the forward upright wing support tubes. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the trike that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight fuel inspection.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=5057Z
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2019 01:57 | Geno | Added |
| 23-Dec-2019 16:47 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jul-2020 07:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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