ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179484
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| Date: | Monday 5 July 2004 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | University Flying Club School, Inc. |
| Registration: | N737YJ |
| MSN: | 17269775 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2264 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 miles northeast of Laramie -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Manhattan, KS (MHK) |
| Laramie, WY (LAR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane, equipped with standard fuel tanks (43.0 gallons total, 40.0 gallons useable), was fueled to capacity prior to departure. The pilot and his passenger took off and flew for an estimated 4 hours, 14 minutes, before the engine lost power short of their destination. The pilot made a forced landing in a field. Postaccident examination revealed both fuel tanks were empty. The pilot admitted he had "run out of gas." According to a fuel calculations report submitted by the operator, "[If the pilot] received exactly full [fuel], flown exactly [a] straight line, leaned precisely, and the engine performed to the book, he would have arrived at KLAR with 1.8 gallons, or 15 minutes, which is half of VFR minimums and a lot less than safe, especially for a 450 nm trip. I think that says it all."
Probable Cause: fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's improper inflight decision not to stop and refuel. A contributing factor was the unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040810X01182&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2015 15:31 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:15 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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