ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358999
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Date: | Friday 19 May 1995 |
Time: | 08:10 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 |
Owner/operator: | Bel Aero, Inc. |
Registration: | N56523 |
MSN: | 28-7325649 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4400 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E3D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kalkaska, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Ann Arbor, MI (KARB) |
Destination airport: | East Port, MI (Y94) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS FUEL SUPPLY WAS EXHAUSTED DUE TO A STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED HEADWIND, AND HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A ROAD. HE CONFIGURED THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING AND ESTABLISHED A GLIDEPATH. HE DISCOVERED POWERLINES ACROSS HIS PLANNED GLIDEPATH AND THE AIRPLANE STALLED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO OVER FLY THE POWERLINES.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's poor preflight and inflight planning and decisions. Factors were the powerlines and the inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI95LA154 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA154
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