ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297666
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| Date: | Sunday 13 January 2002 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Zephyr Aviation Ltd. |
| Registration: | N704NY |
| MSN: | 15078754 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5649 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clinton, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bellingham Airport, WA (BLI/KBLI) |
| Tacoma Narrows Airport, WA (TIW/KTIW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that prior to departure for the round robin cross country flight, he visually checked the fuel tanks which he estimated to be about 3/4 full. During the return flight, the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to restart the engine with no success. A forced landing was initiated. During the landing roll, the right horizontal stabilizer collided with a fence post. Post accident examination of the fuel tanks revealed that the right fuel tank contained a small amount of fuel, and the left fuel tank was empty. Fueling records and aircraft rental logs found that the aircraft had previously flown 2.2 hours and had not been refueled. The accident flight was 1.6 hours in duration at the time of the loss of power.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion while in cruise flight resulting in a loss of engine power and the pilot's failure to refuel the aircraft. The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and a fence post were factors.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA02LA028
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 07:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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