# Accident 20070428007859A: Amtr APEXCROSS5, Show Low, AZ, April 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2007, 10:57 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3319° N, 109.9944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3319&lon=-109.9944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751EW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751EW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gadbois Eugene W APEX CROSS-5 (registry code 05901GA, https://openairdocs.org/model/gadbois-eugene-w-apex-cross-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Compact Ra MZ202 (registry code 14700, https://openairdocs.org/engine/compact-ra-mz202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR APEXCROSS5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 98 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428007859A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED HOLBROOK, AZ TO SHOW LOW, AZ WITH 6 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. HIS FLIGHT REQUIRED ABOUT 3 TO 3 1/2 GALLONS. AS THE FLIGHT PROGRESSED HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL WAS DEPLETING AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RATE. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE COULD STILL MAKE HIS DESTINATION WITHOUT IN INSTRUMENT FUEL STOP. HE STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE HAD A FUEL LEAK. HE HAD FLOWN FROM SHOW LOW TO HOLBROOK EARLIER THAT SAME MORNING AND DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. HE TOOK A SPARE CONTAINER OF FUEL WITH HIM AND FILLED THE TANK AT HOLBROOK BEFORE DEPARTING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX07CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA144), Apr 28, 2007: Gadbois Apex Cross 5 (N751EW), Show Low, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight fuel consumption calculations and failure to divert to an alternate airport, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N751EW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110212003989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110212003989A), Feb 12, 2011: Gadbois Eugene W APEX CROSS-5 (N751EW), Lago Vista, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot departed rwy 15 rusty allen airport (kryw), Lago Vista, TX, entering left downwind leg after climb out. During entry to downwind leg engine lost power…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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