ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66498
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| Date: | Friday 24 May 2002 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 175 Skylark |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6713E |
| MSN: | 56213 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6671 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anaheim, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Chino, CA (CNO) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane collided with a cement wall during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. Prior to departure, the pilot requested that the airplane be serviced with fuel, and both tanks had been filled to maximum capacity. After being serviced, the fuel gauges indicated full tanks. The airplane uneventfully flew for about 3 hours and the pilot was en route back to the airport. About 15 minutes away from the airport, the airplane lost power, and the pilot performed an emergency landing. The airplane touched down in a parking lot and collided with a block wall. The pilot stated that he thought that he had about 10 gallons of fuel on board at the time of the accident. The Federal Aviation Administration inspector that responded to the accident reported that he saw no signs of fuel at the accident sight. He visually checked the inside of the tanks and found that the left tank was empty, and the right tank had about 1 1/2 gallons of fuel remaining. Neither fuel tank had been breached during the accident. The original Continental GO-300 engine was replaced with a Continental O-470 under a FAA form 337 field approval. The O-470 engine has a higher fuel consumption rate than the GO-300.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate fuel consumption calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020530X00778&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2009 10:45 | MCherry2009 | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Dec-2017 16:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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