- Date
- July 9, 1991, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Stebensville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32126Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910709026619A
- Case key
- 36960
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, his improper fuel consumption calculations, and his failure to flare the airplane during the forced landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot made a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. He undershot the desired touchdown point and the landing gear collapsed during a hard landing. Post-crash examination found the fuel system intact with one tank dry and the other with 3/4 of an inch of fuel. The airplane held 50 gallons with 47 gallons usable. The pilot had flown approximately 3 hours 33 minutes at the time of the accident and this included three takeoffs. The FAA reported the airplane consumed approximtely 15 gallons per hour while the pilot said he based his calculations on 12 gallons per hour.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32126
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5758
- Engine
- Continental W-670-K, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Kriss Alan Kliegle
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 5N5 · Kirkwood, NY
- Destination
- N27 · Towanda, PA
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,100 total · 25 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N32126 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.