What happened
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Lost power enroute. Struck trees on forced landing. Indicates fuel exhaustion. Broke off right wing and gear.(.4) on the third leg of a cross country flight, while flying about 1,000 feet MSL, near the destination airport, the pilot reported that the engine's rpm's began to audibly fluctuate, and the power then quit. Emergency procedures to restore engine power were unsuccessful. The flight was vectored toward the destination airport and while flying perpendicular to the ruwnay, the airplane impacted the ground just short of the runway edge, rolled acrossed the runway into a marsh, and came to rest upright with the right wing separated. Adequate fuel was drained from the left wing fuel tank. While still installed on the airplane, the engine was started and found to opoerate normally. No preimapct malfunction was noted to the fuel delivery, or fuel system. Fuel consumption calculations based on the flight times, reported fuel flow for each leg, and altitudes flown, revealed that the estimated fuel consumed was abut 86 gallons. The total usable fuel capacity is 120 gallons. (-23) lost power enroute. Struck trees on forced landing. Indicates fuel exhaustion. Broke off right wing an d gear.
As the FAA filed it
LOST POWER ENROUTE. STRUCK TREES ON FORCED LANDING. INDICATES FUEL EXHAUSTION. BROKE OFF RIGHT WING AND GEAR.(.4) ON THE THIRD LEG OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, WHILE FLYING ABOUT 1,000 FEET MSL, NEAR THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE'S RPM'S BEGAN TO AUDIBLY FLUCTUATE, AND THE POWER THEN QUIT. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FLIGHT WAS VECTORED TOWARD THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AND WHILE FLYING PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUWNAY, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE, ROLLED ACROSSED THE RUNWAY INTO A MARSH, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT WITH THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED. ADEQUATE FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK. WHILE STILL INSTALLED ON THE AIRPLANE, THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND FOUND TO OPOERATE NORMALLY. NO PREIMAPCT MALFUNCTION WAS NOTED TO THE FUEL DELIVERY, OR FUEL SYSTEM. FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS BASED ON THE FLIGHT TIMES, REPORTED FUEL FLOW FOR EACH LEG, AND ALTITUDES FLOWN, REVEALED THAT THE ESTIMATED FUEL CONSUMED WAS ABUT 86 GALLONS. THE TOTAL USABLE FUEL CAPACITY IS 120 GALLONS. (-23) LOST POWER ENROUTE. STRUCK TREES ON FORCED LANDING. INDICATES FUEL EXHAUSTION. BROKE OFF RIGHT WING AN D GEAR.
NTSB investigation
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