- Date
- November 18, 1990, 14:39 local (20:39 UTC)
- Place
- Inverness, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4820LPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901118051019A
- Case key
- 32794
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. Factors were: uel exhaustion, the pilot's lack of total aeronautical experience, and soft terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to departure on a three leg x-country flt, the fuel tanks contained about 36 gals. The flt departed & a touch-&-go landing was performed at the first arpt & a full stop landing was performed at the second. The flt time was 2 hrs 10 min. Prior to departure for the return flt, the fuel gauges indicated that the lt & rt fuel tanks contained 5 & 10 gals respectively. The student's CFI stated that he advised the student to purchase fuel for the return flt, but the student did not. The flt departed & about 30 min into the flt during normal cruise at 4,500FT, the eng quit. He restarted the eng but it quit again during a climb. He was unable to restart the eng again. Exam of the wreckage revealed that the fuel tanks were empty. There was no fuel leakage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4820L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4160
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brice Box, Jr.
- Departed
- HKS · Jackson, MS
- Destination
- IDL · Indianaola, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GLH, 25 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.