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Aviation accident ERA13LA117

NONE · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20 · 2013-01-23 · Danbury, CT, USA

Event

NTSB number
ERA13LA117
Event ID
20130123X73100
Type
Accident
Date
2013-01-23
Location
Danbury, CT, USA
Coordinates
41.388053, -73.429725

Injuries

Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
3
Total aboard
3

Aircraft

Make
CIRRUS DESIGN CORP
Model
SR20
Registration
N140PG
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS

Conditions

Light
NITE
Weather
VMC

Probable cause

The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight inspection in which he incorrectly estimated the airplane’s fuel quantity and his improper reliance on the fuel totalizer rather than the fuel quantity indicating and warning systems to determine the fuel on board, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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