ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362171
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| Date: | Thursday 22 April 1993 |
| Time: | 14:21 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150G |
| Owner/operator: | Hood River Aircraft, Inc. |
| Registration: | N3163X |
| MSN: | 15064563 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4253 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pendleton, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Redmond, OR (KRDM) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED HIS ORIGINATION AIRPORT AND AFTER FLYING APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS LANDED AT HIS FIRST INTERMEDIATE STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REFUELED. DURING THE SECOND LEG THE PILOT BECAME GEOGRAPHICALLY DISORIENTED AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES FLYING TIME, AND WHILE ON A 2 MILE FINAL TO HIS DESTINATION, A TOTAL POWER LOSS OCCURRED. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A SOFT FIELD DURING WHICH THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED ON ROLLOUT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. FAA ON SITE INSPECTION REVEALED MINIMAL GAS IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SYSTEM.
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S BECOMING LOST/DISORIENTED AND SOFT TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA93LA100
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 18:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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