ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356219
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| Date: | Sunday 23 February 1997 |
| Time: | 23:58 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K |
| Owner/operator: | Mobile Electronics, Inc. |
| Registration: | N98DE |
| MSN: | R1722698 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brownsville, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arlington, TX (F54) |
| (KBRO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported to the police that he had attempted three approaches into Brownsville airport, and during the fourth attempt the engine lost power. The airplane landed on a road. During the landing roll the airplane struck some trees. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety Report when the trooper arrived on the scene the pilot told him that he was 'enroute from Arlington and had encountered some unexpected head winds.' The pilot stated to the officer that he had 'merely ran out of fuel.' The trooper attempted to extract a fuel sample from the fuel tanks of the airplane; however, the 'wing tanks contained no fuel.' A 'bottle containing an estimated fifty pill[s] of 10mg Valium' was found in the airplane. Several attempts to obtain a completed Pilot/Operator Report were unsuccessful. The pilot also did not return numerous phone calls from the Investigator-in-Charge.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA108
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 20:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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