ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361443
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| Date: | Saturday 21 August 1993 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150H |
| Owner/operator: | Roger's Ultralights, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6933S |
| MSN: | 15067633 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5613 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monroe, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wilmington, NC (KILM) |
| Matthews, NC (28A) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
SHORTLY AFTER THE PILOT BEGAN HIS INITIAL DESCENT FOR LANDING, THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE QUIT. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL RESTART ATTEMPT, THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD THE NEAREST AIRPORT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE INTENDED RUNWAY. DURING LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A FENCE WIRE ON THE GROUND AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING STRUCK AN AIRPORT NAVAID BUILDING BEFORE COMING TO REST. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK AND .5 GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK. NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT CHECK FUEL QUANTITY NOR DID HE REFUEL THE AIRPLANE AT HIS STOP IN WILMINGTON. THE PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR BOTH STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE VARIANCES BETWEEN ACTUAL AIRCRAFT CONSUMPTION RATES AND THOSE OUTLINED IN THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK.
Probable Cause: WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL FUEL CONSUMPTION ENROUTE. A FACTOR WAS INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL93LA146
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 18:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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