ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356059
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| Date: | Saturday 5 April 1997 |
| Time: | 15:31 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2294D |
| MSN: | 20446 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4204 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Furnace Creek, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bishop, CA (KBIH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed with the fuel selector set to the 'both' tanks position. However, during the flight fuel appeared to have been mostly used from the right tank. To equalize the burn off, he repositioned the fuel selector to the left tank only position. Fuel continued to be consumed out of the right tank, and the engine quit when the right fuel tank gauge registered empty and the left tank gauge registered 3/4 full. The pilot made a forced landing on a road. Thereafter, the pilot examined his airplane and noted that the fuel selector handle was 'real loose.' The pilot manually siphoned between 12 and 15 gallons of fuel out of the left tank, poured it into the right tank, and took off. Several seconds into the initial climb, between 100 and 150 feet above ground level, all engine power was lost again. Unable to return to the road, the pilot made a forced landing on rough terrain. The fuel tank selector assembly was examined and its control shaft was found disconnected at its attachment to the fuel valve assembly.
Probable Cause: Fuel starvation resulting from disconnection of the fuel selector valve. Factors which contributed to the accident were the pilot's intentional operation with known airplane deficiencies and the rough terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97LA146
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 August 1993 | N2294D | Private | 0 | Lakeport, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 18:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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