# Fuel quantity indicator - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Fuel system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010228) › Fuel quantity indicator - NTSB code: 01022841 - Cases: 35 - In the probable cause: 30 - Fatal cases: 1 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022841/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022841/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022841 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 1 - 2009: 5 / 6 - 2010: 3 / 3 - 2011: 3 / 3 - 2012: 3 / 3 - 2014: 1 / 1 - 2015: 3 / 5 - 2017: 4 / 4 - 2018: 1 / 1 - 2019: 1 / 3 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2021: 1 / 1 - 2022: 2 / 2 - 2024: 1 / 1 ## Defining events in these cases - [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 15 cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 8 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 7 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 2 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Raytheon 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58): 1 cases - [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235): 1 cases - [Piper PA-14](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14): 1 cases - [North American T-28B](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28b): 1 cases - [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f): 1 cases - [Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d): 1 cases - [Hawker Beechcraft C90GTI](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-c90gti): 1 cases - [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b): 1 cases - [Fairchild M-62A-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a-3): 1 cases - [Mcdonnell Douglas Heli 369FF](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-heli-369ff): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 28 cases - [Fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030) (Personnel issues): 11 cases - [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 9 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 7 cases - [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Expectation/assumption](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041525) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Fuel quantity sensor](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022842) (Aircraft): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN25LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA035), Nov 6, 2024: De Havilland DHC-1 (N420TD), East Troy, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the inaccurate fuel gauge. - [NTSB ERA23LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA053), Nov 2, 2022: Schmidt Randall M Bushby Mustang II (N30RK), Statesboro, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the fuel exhaustion was the likely inaccurate right fuel quantity indicating system. - [NTSB CEN22LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA229), Jun 2, 2022: Fahey William J CH750 Cruzer (N415WF), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the fuel starvation was a faulty experimental fuel gauge. - [NTSB ANC21LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA033), Apr 26, 2021: Cessna 140 (N77219), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of fuel which resulted in fuel starvation and total loss of engine power during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the improperly marked fuel quantity gauges that… - [NTSB ERA21LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA062), Dec 6, 2020: Ercoupe 415 (N2674H), South Boston, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of a fuel filter screen cover gasket, which resulted in its failure, fuel starvation, and a subsequent total loss of engine power during cruise flight. Contributing to the… - [NTSB CEN20LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA036), Dec 18, 2019: Champion 7ECA (N9566S), Starkville, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision not to visually confirm the remaining fuel onboard during the intermediate stop. - [NTSB GAA19CA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA426), Jun 20, 2019: North American T28 (N28CU), Hollister, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power. - [NTSB CEN19FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA124), Apr 22, 2019: Beech 58 (N501CE), Kerrville, TX, substantial damage, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning and fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Also causal was the pilot's failure to follow the one-engine… - [NTSB CEN18LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA300), Jul 27, 2018: Continental Copters Tomcat MK5A (N9005T), Le Sueur, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: 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… - [NTSB CEN18LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA032), Nov 15, 2017: Cessna T207A (N9825M), Rock Springs, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight fuel management and reliance on a faulty fuel gauge, which resulted in fuel starvation during approach for landing, and his failure to follow the emergency checklist… NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted. Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1). NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.