ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189265
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| Date: | Saturday 13 August 2016 |
| Time: | 12:03 |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N71497 |
| MSN: | 2924 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3698 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental A65-8F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monmouth County, Marlboro Township, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Old Bridge, NJ (3N6) |
| Old Bridge, NJ (3N6) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was on a local personal flight and, after flying about 1.5 hours, the engine experienced a total loss of engine power that he could not restore. He maneuvered the airplane for a forced landing in a field, but the airplane impacted the ground in a nose- and left-wing-low attitude, which resulted in substantial damage to the airframe. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no fuel remaining in the intact fuel tank and only residual fuel remaining in the fuel strainer and carburetor. The glass face of the fuel tank quantity indicator gauge was scratched and cloudy. The examination revealed no evidence of preimpact failures or malfunctions of the engine or engine accessories that would have precluded normal operation. Thus, it is likely that the pilot did not adequately manage the fuel supply during flight, and the scratched and cloudy glass face of the fuel quantity indicator gauge may have led the pilot to misinterpret how much fuel was remaining.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N71497
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2016 21:49 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Aug-2016 17:55 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2019 18:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 15-Jul-2019 18:40 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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