ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 134248
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 July 2001 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8007N |
| MSN: | 28-25248 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mecosta, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Canadian Lakes, MI (05C) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was turning towards the departure airport following a reported sputtering of the engine by witnesses. The engine then stopped and the left wing dropped. Examination of the wreckage revealed that there was no fuel in the fuel lines leading to the carburetor. The fuel selector was positioned onto the left fuel tank which was found not to contain any usable fuel.
Probable Cause: the inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot and fuel starvation. Additional causes were the aircraft control not maintained, and the inadvertent stall by the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010710X01351&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 11:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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