# NTSB Accident CHI95LA236
> **PIPER PA-24-250** · 1995-07-22 · WATERTOWN, WI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI95LA236
- **Event ID:** 20001207X03908
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1995-07-22
- **Location:** WATERTOWN, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.190448, -88.719566
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-24-250
- **Registration:** N999JS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

fuel exhaustion resulting from the improper fuel bladder installation by maintenance personnel.  Factors associated with this accident were the collapsed fuel bladder that eliminated about 30 percent of the available fuel in the left tank that the pilot had been relying upon for the flight and operating the airplane with a known equipment deficiency: fuel tank quanity indicators.

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