ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196526
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 2017 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 Cardinal |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3225T |
| MSN: | 17700525 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fulton County Airport (KUSE), Wauseon, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Columbus, OH (TZR) |
| Wauseon, OH (USE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident occurred during the third flight since the airplane had been filled with fuel. The student pilot and flight instructor stated that the engine lost power during the base leg to final approach to turn. The flight instructor took control of the airplane but had insufficient altitude to reach the runway, so he landed the airplane in a field just short of the runway where it contacted a ditch.
The airplane had been flown about 3 hours 45 minutes since it was last filled with fuel. The expected fuel consumption for the engine was 11.7 gallons per hour (gph) at 75% power and 10.14 gph at 65% power, which resulted in an endurance of about 3 hours 30 minutes or 4 hours 10 minutes, respectively. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed 12 ounces of fuel remained in the fuel system, and there was no evidence of fuel leakage around the airplane. Given the fuel burn calculations and the evidence, it is likely that the flight instructor did not ensure that sufficient fuel was on board for the flight, which led to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=3225T
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2017 04:38 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Mar-2019 19:10 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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