ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293451
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 November 2004 |
| Time: | 20:41 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Pegasus Air, LLC |
| Registration: | N4874G |
| MSN: | 17273421 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5083 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Columbia, South Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chapel Hill-Horace Williams Airport, NC (KIGX) |
| Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC (CAE/KCAE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot declared a "mayday" 17 miles northeast of Columbia Metropolitan Airport, at 4,500 feet and stated that his engine had lost power and that he was going to land in a parking lot. The airplane collided with power lines and the ground. The post-accident examination of the fuel system revealed no fuel in either wing fuel tank, trace amounts of fuel in the fuel strainer, and trace amounts of fuel in the fuel line from the fuel strainer to the carburetor. A functional check of the engine was accomplished and it produced power at idle and 1000 RPM. The airplane was last topped off with fuel on October 31, 2004, and had flown 4.1 hours since that refueling. On the same day of the accident the pilot also completed a total of three takeoffs on the same fuel load. At 75 % engine power, the airplane has an endurance of 3.9 hours.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning of fuel required for the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL05CA019
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 April 2004 | N4874G | Pegasus Air LLC | 0 | Statesboro, GA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 05:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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