ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67909
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| Date: | Saturday 15 August 2009 |
| Time: | c. 12:45 |
| Type: |  Ryan PT-22 Recruit (ST-3KR) |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N56028 |
| MSN: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Diest-Schaffen Airfield (EBDT) -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Breda International Airport (EHSE) |
| Diest-Schaffen Airfield (EBDT) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Came in low, contacted a fence and flipped over.
Causes.
The cause of the accident is an engine shut down on final approach due to fuel starvation.
The fuel starvation was caused by an obviously inadequate determination of the remaining fuel quantity before take-off.
Contribution factors
The unreliable fuel quantity indicating system.
The practice of the pilots not using the fuel tank selector as recommended by the “Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions”
The amount of available fuel when “Reserve” is selected after the Main supply is depleted is not mentioned in the “Pilot Operating Instructions”.
The fuel management is not specifically explained in the “Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions”.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20090815_007
Images:
N56028 at Seppe 9 May 2009.
N56028 at flying home to Seppe from Geraardsbergen, August 8, 2009. Probably the last flight before the accident.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2009 05:06 | harro | Added |
| 15-Aug-2009 05:38 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Aug-2009 05:47 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Aug-2009 05:50 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Aug-2009 08:56 | harro | Updated |
| 16-Aug-2009 12:02 | Anon. | Updated |
| 17-Apr-2014 09:45 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2020 08:48 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Accident report, ] |
| 29-Jun-2022 10:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Nov-2022 01:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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