ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36229
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| Date: | Sunday 10 December 2000 |
| Time: | 22:24 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-160 |
| Owner/operator: | Alfredo Sevila |
| Registration: | N5306W |
| MSN: | 28-357 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alajuela -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Belize (MZBZ) |
| San Jose-Juan Santamaria Airport (MROC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed.
The report of the Air Accident Investigation Commission of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation concluded that they did ran out of fuel. The last time the pilot refuelled was in Belize. The distance to Juan Santamaria Airport is 510 nautical miles and the Piper Cherokee has a range of 5 hours flight time, the pilot calculated that the flight would last 4:27 minutes en route, but what he did not take into account was the December winds so he used up his 30 minute reserve and did not manage to reach his destination.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001218X45436
https://www.facebook.com/RAARCR/posts/pfbid0pxxdeuw7zzcYNF8eMvSQfuE3EGazKLvkGjf8Db238gaVpBiuiwoJVAmNm4nBqAPbl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Oct-2017 21:16 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2018 19:54 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
| 17-Sep-2020 08:23 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2023 18:44 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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