ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169464
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| Date: | Monday 1 September 2014 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N419B |
| MSN: | 21550 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 377 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-C1G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW), Marshalltown, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tea, SD (Y14) |
| Marshalltown, IA (KMIW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said he visually checked and verified that the right wing fuel tank was just under half full and that the left wing fuel tank was just over half full prior to takeoff. As the airplane approached the destination, about 190 nm from the departure airport, the pilot decided to conduct a practice visual approach. Shortly after turning onto final approach, the engine lost power. After employing emergency procedures, the pilot was able to restore power and climbed the airplane to 3,100 feet. He then checked the fuel gauges, which both indicated one-eighth full. The engine then lost power a second time. The pilot made a forced landing in a bean field, and the airplane nosed over. During postaccident examination, no fuel sloshing could be heard when the wings were rocked; both wing fuel caps were then removed from the inverted airplane and no fuel leaked out. The airplane was righted, and when the master switch was turned on, the left fuel gauge was one needle-width above empty and the right fuel gauge indicated empty. The integrity of the fuel tanks appeared to be intact, and no fuel leaked from the tanks. No fuel was visible in either fuel tank. No fuel was recovered when the left and right wing fuel sump drains were removed. After adding fuel, the engine was started and ran at idle power until it was shut down.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's misjudgment of the amount of fuel onboard prior to flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=419B
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 2016 | N419B | Private | 2 | near Elmdale Airpark (82TS), Abilene, TX | |
w/o |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2014 16:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Sep-2014 02:32 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 25-Jun-2016 20:23 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Aug-2016 06:15 | junior sjc | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-May-2017 06:04 | junior sjc | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:12 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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