ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167944
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 July 2014 |
| Time: | 21:15 |
| Type: |  Pipistrel Alpha Trainer |
| Owner/operator: | Second Wind Aircraft Services Inc |
| Registration: | N10PU |
| MSN: | 451 AT 912 LSA |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 180 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pompano Beach Airpark (KPMP), Pompano Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Delray Beach, FL (FD08) |
| Delray Beach, FL (FD08) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, during the preflight inspection, he determined that the airplane had 45 percent of its fuel capacity (5.7 of 12.7 usable gallons). He determined the fuel amount by viewing the indicators on the cockpit panel and by “dipping” the tank and noting that the fuel level was just below the halfway mark on the dip stick. He found no water or grit in the fuel. The pilot reported that the flight was intended to be 1 hour long and that, per the airplane’s performance criteria, he calculated that the engine would consume 3.6 gallons of fuel during the flight. The pilot took off on the local flight, and, when the airplane was inbound toward his home airport, the engine “abruptly stopped.” He then diverted toward a closer airport and attempted to restart the engine without success. While approaching the airport, he made shallow turns to align the airplane with a runway, but the airplane’s left wing impacted a tree, and the airplane subsequently impacted the airport perimeter fence. The cockpit GPS indicated that the flight was 0.9 hour long. No fuel was found in the fuel tanks or lines, and no evidence of fuel leakage was found at the accident site.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s miscalculation of the fuel quantity requirements, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2014 17:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jul-2014 17:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 17-Jul-2014 00:56 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 18:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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