ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356582
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| Date: | Saturday 12 October 1996 |
| Time: | 12:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4924D |
| MSN: | 18251024 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5691 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R-C-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Agua Dulce, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wilton, CA |
| Torrance, CA (KTOA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot experience a total loss of power when beginning a descent. He reported that the fuel analyzer gauge showed that 1.5 hours of fuel was remaining, but the fuel quantity gauges were erratic. The pilot received radar vectors toward an airport, but he was unable to see it and elected to land on a road. Examination of the wreckage disclosed that there was about 1 gallon of fuel in the fuel system. The fuel tanks were not compromised. The upper surface of the left wing disclosed numerous orange/brownish streaks aft of the fuel cap. The right wing did not display any fuel streaking aft of the fuel cap. The left wing fuel tank was pressurized with water and water leaked from the cap. The right wing fuel cap was put on the left wing fuel tank. Water did not leak from the tank with the right wing fuel cap installed. The left wing fuel cap seal was brittle. Examination of the engine logbooks disclosed that the applicable airworthiness directive for the fuel cap was complied with about 33 hours before the accident.
Probable Cause: inadequate compliance with the applicable airworthiness directive by other maintenance personnel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in fuel exhaustion from a deteriorated fuel cap seal.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97LA015
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 08:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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