NONE · Ciernia GLASAIR III · 1999-09-24 · SNELLING, CA, USA
Event
NTSB number
LAX99LA318
Event ID
20001212X19814
Type
Accident
Date
1999-09-24
Location
SNELLING, CA, USA
Coordinates
37.539642, -120.450752
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
1
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
Ciernia
Model
GLASAIR III
Registration
N153JC
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DUSK
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to ensure that the left fuel filler cap was secure, and his decision to continue flight with a known malfunction in the electric fuel pump. Also causal was the pilot's improper positioning of the fuel selector to the both selection after the siphoning fuel condition was noted from the left tank filler opening, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.