ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314099
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 May 2023 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey |
| Owner/operator: | Airview LLC |
| Registration: | N316SR |
| MSN: | 1064 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET/KDET), Detroit, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Troy-Oakland Troy Airport, MI (KVLL) |
| Detroit-Coleman A. Young International Airport, MI (DET/KDET) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was returning to the departure airport after a local training flight when the engine lost all power. Restart attempts were not successful. The pilot reported that he glanced at the fuel gauge and it indicated ¼ full. During the forced landing the airplane contacted trees, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing.
Examination of the airplane after the accident revealed that only a trace amount of fuel was visible in the semi-transparent plastic fuel tank; the tank did not appear to be breached. After the airplane was removed from the accident site and leveled on a trailer used for recovery, the fuel gauge read empty. A subsequent engine run was performed where fuel was added to the tank and the engine started. The engine was operated from idle to full throttle and no anomalies were detected during the engine run.
Based on the pilot’s report, the flight duration was about 2.5 hours; however, recorded flight track data indicated the flight actually lasted 3 hours.
Available information indicates the flight crew failed to assure there was an adequate fuel supply for the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a complete loss of engine power
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion that resulted from the pilots’ inadequate preflight planning.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wxyz.com/news/2-suffer-minor-injuries-after-plane-crashes-in-detroit-neighborhood
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/small-single-engine-plane-crash-lands-in-detroit-homes-backyard-on-east-side
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N316SR
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2023 03:26 | Geno | Added |
| 03-Jun-2023 09:25 | nhofmann54 | Updated |
| 20-Jun-2023 18:30 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 20-Apr-2024 20:54 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Photo] |
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