ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213461
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| Date: | Thursday 16 April 1970 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 Cardinal |
| Owner/operator: | Samav Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-DZK |
| MSN: | 17700134 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Yanrey Station, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | near Yanrey Station, WA |
| Yanrey Station, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was refuelled before the flight in circumstances such that some fuel transfer between tanks may have taken place. This would have resulted in a slight reduction in the total fuel carried, but allowance for normal fuel reserves would have adequately provided for this contingency. The pilot considered, from past experience of the type of operation and the power settings to be used, that the total endurance of the aircraft would be 5 hours based on the full capacity of the tanks. After some 4 hours 40 minutes flying time the aircraft was returning to Yanrey Station and was at a height of about 800 feet above terrain, when the engine failed. The pilot noted that the fuel pressure was zero and he changed the fuel tank selection from "Left" to "Both", turned on the fuel booster pump and checked that the fuel shut off valve was in the "On" position. The engine did not regain power and the pilot carried out a forced landing in the only cleared area within gliding distance. Towards the end of the landing roll the port mainplane struck a small tree, causing the aircraft to veer to the left as it came to rest. Damage was confined to the outer leading edge of the port mainplane. Subsequent to the landing, both fuel gauges were found to be reading 2 gallons, but there was no available fuel in the tanks.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1970/aair/aair197005090/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24662/197005090.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1991 | VH-DZK | 0 | near Samsonvale, QLD | |
sub | |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2018 05:50 | Pineapple | Added |
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