ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357220
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| Date: | Sunday 16 June 1996 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper J-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N58379 |
| MSN: | 8473 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5628 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental AC-65-8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ashton, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kent Island, MD (3W3 |
| Laytonsville, MD (W50 | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he departed from the airplane's home base airport with about 9 gallons of fuel. The flight to Kent Island took about 45 minutes. He estimated that when he departed Kent Island to return to the home base the fuel tanks held about 5 gallons of fuel. About 40 minutes after they departed Kent Island, and about 5 miles from the destination airport, the engine lost power. The pilot stated that he chose a field to land in, but in order to avoid livestock and power lines, he '...aimed the airplane to a spot just past the middle of the field.' The airplane stuck a small wire fence with the right main landing gear. The pilot stated that the cause of the loss of engine power was fuel exhaustion.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate fuel supply which resulted in a fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power. A related factor was the pilot's inadequate fuel consumption calculations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD96LA097
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 15:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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