ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362180
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| Date: | Monday 19 April 1993 |
| Time: | 12:03 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Joseph Tiffany |
| Registration: | N601MS |
| MSN: | 15071514 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2400 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Melville, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Eliot, ME (3B4) |
| West Chester, PA (N99 | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED ON A 325 MILE LEG OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. AFTER FLYING 90 MILES, WITH THE FUEL GAUGES READING HALF A TANK OF FUEL, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND SHORT OF HIS PLANNED DESTINATION. THE PILOT CONTINUED ANOTHER 110 MILES, WHERE 2 MILES SHORT OF THE NEW DESTINATION, AND 3 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON AN ACCESS ROAD NEAR THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A TREE, IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SLID INTO A TRUCK TRAILER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC93LA087
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 18:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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