ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381238
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Date: | Thursday 4 August 1983 |
Time: | 17:20 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24-235 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N777EE |
MSN: | 24-2773 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3565 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-B145 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Alliance, NE -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Oshkosh, WI (KOSH) |
Destination airport: | Scottsbluff, NE (KBFF) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED OSHROSH FOR SCOTTSBLUFF WITH AN ESTIMATED 80 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD THE AIR CRAFT HIS ETE WAS 4 HOURS 30 MINUTES AND FUEL CONSUMPTION AT 15 GPH. APRX 37 NM SHORT OF SCOTTS BLUFF HE NOTICED THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE INDICATING BELOW THE QUANTITY HE CALCULATED SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOARD. THIS WAS THE ONLY TANK THAT NOW CONTAINED FUEL. HE REDUCED ENGINE POWER TO 55 PERCENT OF RATED. OVERFLEW ALLIANCE, WHERE FUEL WAS AVAILABLE, AND CONTINUED TO SCOTTSBLUFF. AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ITS DESCENT, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD ALLIANCE WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A ROLLING SAND HILL APRX 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC83LA176 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC83LA176
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