ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285996
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| Date: | Saturday 7 June 2008 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9276T |
| MSN: | 38-78A0313 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5221 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kykotsmovi, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bull Frog, UT (KU07) |
| Winslow Airport, AZ (INW/KINW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot believed he took off with 14 gallons of fuel aboard, and flew toward his destination, 170 miles away. He calculated that the fight should take 1 hour 40 minutes. En route he noticed that fuel was disappearing quickly, and assumed there was a headwind. After 1 hour 40 minutes, the airplane ran out of fuel, 57 statute miles from his destination, and the pilot landed in the desert. At a fuel consumption rate of 5.3 gallons per hour, the total actual fuel aboard at the time of takeoff was most likely 9 gallons.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to ensure that adequate fuel was onboard to complete the flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX08CA166
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2022 18:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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