ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353691
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| Date: | Saturday 3 October 1998 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Navion A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4285K |
| MSN: | NAV-4-1285 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3547 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jaffrey, NH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | , NH (KAFN) |
| Manchester, MA (1B9 | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot conducted a preflight of the Navion A airplane confirming 20 gallons of fuel each in the left and right main tanks, but did not check the 20 gallon auxiliary tank. He then departed Mansfield, Massachusetts, flew a minimum of 69 statute miles and landed at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, subsequently departing without taking on fuel and flying for approximately two additional hours. He landed at Jaffrey again, and without shutting the airplane down, departed back to Mansfield. Shortly after departing Jaffrey and leveling off at 3,000 feet, the airplane's engine lost power. Unable to return to his departure field, and deeming his intended landing site as unsuitable, he executed a forced landing into tree tops. A post-crash examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed no fuel in the airplane's fuel tanks, and no evidence of fuel leakage. The pilot stated that 'Due to the power setting I chose to run the airplane at, the length of the flight, and my negligence to visually check and only operate the airplane based on the fuel gauge readings, I believe that it was my mistake in exhausting the fuel.'
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate aircraft preflight and subsequent failure to refuel the aircraft resulting in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain to execute a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD99LA002
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1995 | N4285K | Blue Hill Air | 0 | Taunton, MA | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 09:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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