# NTSB Accident ERA13LA117
> **CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20** · 2013-01-23 · Danbury, CT, USA · NONE
## 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.

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