ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366887
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Date: | Monday 28 May 1990 |
Time: | 12:58 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172E |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N3888S |
MSN: | 17251088 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O300D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Glendale, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mesa, AZ (KFFZ) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AFTER OBSERVING THAT THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED EMPTY AND THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED ONE QUARTER FULL, THE PILOT TOOK OFF FOR A SHORT FLIGHT TO HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT. AS HE NEARED HIS DESTINATION THE ENGINE FAILED AND HE ENTERED A FORCED LANDING TO A ROAD IN THE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AFTER THE ACCIDENT DISCLOSED ONE INCH OF FUEL IN EACH TANK AND NO EVIDENCE OF RUPTURES IN THE SYSTEM.
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION. RESULTING FROM THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM REFUELING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX90LA198 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA198
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