# NTSB Accident LAX97LA168
> **Cessna T182** · 1997-04-26 · HEMET, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA168
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07762
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-04-26
- **Location:** HEMET, CA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** T182
- **Registration:** N5482N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's decision not to dip check the aircraft fuel tanks after he had noted a disagreement between the cockpit fuel gages and what he had observed visually in the fuel tanks, and his failure to accomplish in-flight endurance calculations based on aircraft handbook performance data, which led to the engine power loss due to fuel exhaustion.

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