ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 310458
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| Date: | Friday 4 September 2015 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 177R |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Derby Aerodrome, NW M 4Km, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Derby Airport, WA (DRB/YDBY) |
| Derby Airport, WA (DRB/YDBY) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During the approach, the engine failed and the pilot conducted a forced landing onto a salt flat. The pilot advised they had not changed the fuel tank selector and had run out of fuel in one tank.
Sources:
ATSB OA2015-03979
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