ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367887
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1989 |
| Time: | 21:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N11PG |
| MSN: | 18261879 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hasty, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Roanoke, TX (52F) |
| Flippin, AR (KFLD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE CRUISING TOWARDS THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE PILOT SAID THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED, AT NIGHT, AND DURING THE ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND A FENCE. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT WING FUEL CELL HAD BECOME DETACHED AT THE TOP AND COLLAPSED. THIS COLLAPSE DECREASED THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF FUEL AVAILABLE FROM THAT WING TANK. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL TANKS TO BE EMPTY OF USEABLE FUEL.
Probable Cause: THE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION RESULTING FROM THE COLLAPSE AT THE FUEL CELL. THE FACT THAT THE FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS WAS A FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA007
History of this aircraft
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| 11 December 2009 | N11PG | 0 | Payson, Arizona | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 19:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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