- Date
- April 2, 1992, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rogers, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94BSR. W. Switzer RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920402008279A
- Case key
- 18469
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Probable cause
Loss of engine due to fuel starvation and unsuitable terrain. Factors were the pilot's failure to follow published procedures.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had flown five hours of cross country flight over unfamiliar terrain in a non-heated cockpit. Following the last departure the pilot alternated the fuel selector between the tanks. At the time of engine power loss the selector was on the right tank and the pilot did not select the left fuel tank during the emergency procedure. During the forced landing the airplane impacted trees and subsequently descended uncontrolled to the ground. The pilot reported that the right tank ran dry.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94BS
- Reported as
- R. W. Switzer RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2
- Airframe hours
- 112
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dawn Y. Rinaldi
- Registered owner
- Dawn Y. Rinaldi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1992 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- OEL · Oakley, KS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 195 in this make and model · 326 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.