ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359255
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| Date: | Saturday 11 March 1995 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A |
| Owner/operator: | Skydive Assets, Inc. |
| Registration: | N5015D |
| MSN: | 51115 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3055 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bowling Green, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (H19) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE WAS DESCENDING FOR A LANDING WHEN THE ENGINE SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH PERSONNEL WHO MOVED THE AIRPLANE CLAIMED THAT 15 OR 16 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE, ONLY ABOUT SIX GALLONS COULD BE LOCATED. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO ANOMALIES NOTED. THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 10 GALLONS OF UNUSABLE FUEL MIGHT BE EXPECTED IN OTHER THAN LEVEL FLIGHT.
Probable Cause: The pilot misjudged the fuel supply.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA100
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 November 1991 | N5015D | Skydive St. Louis, Inc. | 0 | BOWLING GREEN, Missouri | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 08:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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