ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365873
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| Date: | Saturday 8 December 1990 |
| Time: | 23:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Field Aircraft Inc. |
| Registration: | N5003T |
| MSN: | 28R-7235170 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360-C1C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Senoia, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Fort Pierce, FL (KFPR) |
| Peachtree City, GA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLIGHT WAS WITHIN VISUAL RANGE OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT FOR THE SECOND TIME. SINCE HE WAS SHORT OF THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH TO A STATE HIGHWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH UTILITY LINES AND CRASHED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE DISCLOSED THAT BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE PILOT HAD NOT PLANNED A REFUELING STOP EN ROUTE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE DARK NIGHT OPERATION AND THE COLLISION WITH UTILITY LINES.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL91LA029
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 14:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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