ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298192
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 December 2001 |
| Time: | 21:52 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Flite Services LLC |
| Registration: | N3035L |
| MSN: | 28-7916244 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kennesaw, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Airport, OH (BKL/KBKL) |
| Atlanta-Cobb County-Mc Collum Field, GA (KRYY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While enroute he elected to continue his flight based on fuel calculations from the previous days flight to his intended destination. A short time later he exhausted the fuel in his right main fuel tank, and he estimated he had 25 minutes of fuel remaining. His GPS indicated he was 10 minutes from another local area airport. He elected to proceed direct to the airport when the engine experienced a total loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot made a forced landing and collided with transmission wires and became entangled with the wires above the ground. The pilot stated the airplane did not experience any form of mechanical problem. He simply ran out of gas.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion,which resulted in a forced landing, and subsequent in-flight collision with transmission wires.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL02LA023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 15:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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