ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362332
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Date: | Thursday 11 March 1993 |
Time: | 00:22 LT |
Type: | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N88384 |
MSN: | 774-75 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bismarck, ND -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Grand Island, NE (KGRI) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT DEPARTED GRAND ISLAND WITH FULL FUEL AND CALCULATIONS INDICATED AN EN ROUTE FUEL STOP WOULD BE REQUIRED. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PILOT RECALCULATED THE FUEL CONSUMPTION AND ELECTED NOT TO MAKE THE FUEL STOP BUT TO CONTINUE TO THE DESTINATION. FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED DURING THE LANDING APPROACH AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ON A ROAD DURING WHICH THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A TREE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE EN ROUTE TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FUEL TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI93LA128 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93LA128
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