# NTSB Accident LAX99LA318
> **Ciernia GLASAIR III** · 1999-09-24 · SNELLING, CA, USA · NONE
## 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.

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