ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367532
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| Date: | Sunday 7 January 1990 |
| Time: | 15:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172B |
| Owner/operator: | Harland & Delores Keppel |
| Registration: | N7401X |
| MSN: | 172-47901 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Killen, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pulaski, TN (KGZS) |
| Muscle Shoals, AL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLOWN FROM JOLIET, IL TO PULASKI, TN. AFTER LANDING THE PIC WAS TOLD FUEL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. SHE DEPARTED TO FLY TO MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, 37 MI SW OF PULASKI ABOUT 8 MI FROM MUSCLE SHOALS THE ENGINE QUIT. UPON DEPARTURE FROM JOLIET THE FUEL WAS FULL & ENDURANCE WAS EXPECTED TO BE 4 30 HOURS. THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WA REPORTED AS 1435. AN FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE & FOUND NO FUEL IN THE GASCOLATOR OF THE INVERTED AIRPLANE. HE REPORTED THAT THE PIC STATED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE THAT THE FUEL HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED.
Probable Cause: INADEQUATE PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DURING CRUISE FLIGHT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL90LA048
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 15:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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