ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352792
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| Date: | Monday 16 August 1999 |
| Time: | 20:24 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3004U |
| MSN: | 28-7990331 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sacramento, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Portland, OR (KPDX) |
| (KSMF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was airborne for just over 4 hours and nearing the destination airport when the engine sputtered. The pilot switched from the left fuel tank to the right fuel tank, and the engine restarted. The CFI then declared a low fuel state to the TRACON controller. About 8 miles from the airport, the engine sputtered and then quit. The CFI took the controls, attempted an unsuccessful engine restart, and force landed in a field. A sheriff's deputy who responded to the accident site visually checked the fuel tanks and noted that they were both empty. He further indicated no fuel was observed leaking from the airplane, or observed on the ground. The airplane was inspected on-scene. The fuel tanks and all system lines were intact. No fuel was found in lines from the gascolator to the carburetor. The flight instructor said in his written statement that the fuel burn was according to his preflight calculations.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to ensure that sufficient fuel was on board to complete the flight, and, the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX99LA268
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 2005 | N3004U | Long Beach Flying Club | 0 | Catalina Airport, Santa Catalina Island, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Mar-2024 17:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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