ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357395
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1996 |
| Time: | 11:09 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Safety International |
| Registration: | N9239B |
| MSN: | 2841232 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4141 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tallahassee, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Vero Beach, FL (KVRB) |
| (KTLH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After about 2 hours of flight time, the pilot was descending from about 1500' to about 1200' to remain in VFR conditions, when the engine lost power. Attempts to restore engine power were unsuccessful, and he was forced to land in a wooded area, where the airplane was damaged. The pilot reported that he had positioned the fuel selector to the right tank before flight and had not repositioned it until the loss of power occurred. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing fuel tank was nearly full and that the right wing fuel tank contained less than 6 ounces of fuel. Also, the fuel line to the carburetor was dry, and the gascolator was drained and found to contain only 10 cc's of fuel. No fuel leakage was noted from the right wing fuel tank.
Probable Cause: the pilot's mismanagement of fuel, by failing to reposition the fuel selector to the left tank after fuel was used from the right tank, which resulted in fuel starvation, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96LA141
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 17:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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