ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360882
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1994 |
| Time: | 22:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Tobler International, Inc. |
| Registration: | N7741E |
| MSN: | 17541 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3944 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Springfield, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boise, ID (KBOI) |
| Eugene, OR (KEUG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING HIS PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING, THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HIS TIME EN ROUTE WOULD BE THREE HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. LATER COMPUTATIONS PERFORMED BY THE NTSB IIC FOUND THAT THE FLIGHT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ABOUT 4.2 HOURS. WHILE ATTEMPTING THE NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM BOISE, IDAHO TO EUGENE, OREGON, THE PILOT BYPASSED AIRPORTS AT WHICH HE COULD HAVE REFUELED. HE THEN EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION ABOUT 15 MILES SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION. AT THE TIME WHICH THE ENGINE LOST POWER, THE LEFT FUEL TANK READ JUST ABOVE EMPTY, AND THE RIGHT TANK READ ABOUT ONE-QUARTER FULL.
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION, AND THE PILOT'S POOR INFLIGHT DECISION. FACTORS INCLUDE THE PILOT'S POOR PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING, AND A SIGN IN THE PATH OF THE LANDING ROLL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA94LA053
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 12:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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