# NTSB investigations: Lycoming VO-435 series: Fuel exhaustion

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR23LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA006.md): Bell 47G2 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 1, 2022 · N24067 · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB CEN18LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA300.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A · Le Sueur, MN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2018 · N9005T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, during which he did not visually check the fuel quantity in the fuel tanks and instead relied on the fuel gauges that were showing erroneous fuel quantity indications, which resulted in fuel…
- [NTSB WPR18CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18CA096.md): Bell 47G · Pixley, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 28, 2018 · N7800S · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from the pilot’s failure to ensure that adequate fuel was on board for the flight. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-induced pressure to complete the flight due to impending…
- [NTSB CEN16CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA321.md): Continental Copters Tomcat MK6B · Sparland, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 7, 2016 · N17H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and a forced landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('41525')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '192'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/cases?engine=41525

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