ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293685
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 June 2005 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A-150 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N8680D |
| MSN: | 18-6284 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10319 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-C2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Griffin, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Griffin, GA (GA2) |
| Griffin, GA (GA2) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the preflight inspection of the airplane, the pilots believed that the left tank was full and the right tank showed one-half full as seen through the wing tank sight gauges. The cockpit fuel selector was positioned on the left fuel tank. After taxiing to the departure runway, the pilots completed an engine run-up and magneto check, and departed to the north. As the flight climbed to approximately 200 feet, the engine lost power and quit. When the pilot turned back to the runway, the right wing collided with a tree, and subsequently the ground. During the post-accident examination of the airplane, approximately two quarts of fuel were recovered from the left fuel tank and about 7 gallons of fuel were recovered from the right fuel tank. Examination of the cockpit found the fuel selector on the left fuel tank.
During the functional check of the engine, the engine started and functioned without difficulty and idled for several minutes without any discrepancies noted.
Probable Cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply which resulted in fuel starvation. A contributing factor was the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation which failed to verify the fuel amount.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL05CA096
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 June 2002 | N8680D | Barbara's Banners | 0 | Thomaston, Georgia | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 11:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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