What happened
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06/24/18 2010 EDT, I received telephone notification from roc. Advising of the accident and location. The weather was VFR with clear skies and light easterly winds. Detroit police and fire dept. Were on scene and had the area secured. We received names of the occupants and other pertinent information from the Detroit police dept. We found the aircraft laying on it's back pointing in a westerly direction. With indications of a fire in the firewall and forward cabin area. With the right main and nose gear extended and the left main gear retracted. The propeller was found in the street separated from the engine adjacent to the accident site with damage to propeller hub, the propeller blades bent forward. Various other aircraft parts were found within a two hundred foot radius. The accident site, was approximately one mile west of Detroit city airport, the intended destination. The pilot had communicated to the tower he was experiencing difficulty extending the landing gear. He performed a fly by along runway 33 for the tower to observe the condition of the landing gear. The tower controller observed the left main and nose gear were extended and the right main not visible. After some discussion with the tower as to where to land on the airport. The pilot set up on a left downwind for runway 7. Shortly afterward. He reported to the tower he had run out of gas. A post crash fire was recorded by bystanders. Another bystander used an axe to break a window and open the aircraft left door to allow the rear seat occupant escape. The accident aircraft came to rest in vacant lot. There was no damage vehicles or structures in the immediate area. However a power line for street lights was downed by the accident aircraft. A tree near the accident site received extensive damage from the flight path of the accident aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
06/24/18 2010 EDT, I RECEIVED TELEPHONE NOTIFICATION FROM ROC. ADVISING OF THE ACCIDENT AND LOCATION. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS. DETROIT POLICE AND FIRE DEPT. WERE ON SCENE AND HAD THE AREA SECURED. WE RECEIVED NAMES OF THE OCCUPANTS AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION FROM THE DETROIT POLICE DEPT. WE FOUND THE AIRCRAFT LAYING ON IT'S BACK POINTING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. WITH INDICATIONS OF A FIRE IN THE FIREWALL AND FORWARD CABIN AREA. WITH THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND IN THE STREET SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE ADJACENT TO THE ACCIDENT SITE WITH DAMAGE TO PROPELLER HUB, THE PROPELLER BLADES BENT FORWARD. VARIOUS OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE FOUND WITHIN A TWO HUNDRED FOOT RADIUS. THE ACCIDENT SITE, WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WEST OF DETROIT CITY AIRPORT, THE INTENDED DESTINATION. THE PILOT HAD COMMUNICATED TO THE TOWER HE WAS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. HE PERFORMED A FLY BY ALONG RUNWAY 33 FOR THE TOWER TO OBSERVE THE CONDITION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE TOWER CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WERE EXTENDED AND THE RIGHT MAIN NOT VISIBLE. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE TOWER AS TO WHERE TO LAND ON THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SET UP ON A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 7. SHORTLY AFTERWARD. HE REPORTED TO THE TOWER HE HAD RUN OUT OF GAS. A POST CRASH FIRE WAS RECORDED BY BYSTANDERS. ANOTHER BYSTANDER USED AN AXE TO BREAK A WINDOW AND OPEN THE AIRCRAFT LEFT DOOR TO ALLOW THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANT ESCAPE. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN VACANT LOT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE VEHICLES OR STRUCTURES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. HOWEVER A POWER LINE FOR STREET LIGHTS WAS DOWNED BY THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. A TREE NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT.
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