Aviation accident CEN13FA182

Name: aviation accident: AERO COMMANDER 500B near Broomfield (2013-03-01)
Start: 2013-03-01
Location: Broomfield, CO, USA

MINR · AERO COMMANDER 500B · 2013-03-01 · Broomfield, CO, USA

Event

NTSB number: CEN13FA182
Event ID: 20130301X25545
Type: Accident
Date: 2013-03-01
Location: Broomfield, CO, USA
Coordinates: 39.921665, -105.135002

Injuries

Highest injury: MINR
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 2
Uninjured: 0
Total aboard: 2

Aircraft

Make: AERO COMMANDER
Model: 500B
Registration: N93AA
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 2
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

Loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the fuel gauge to indicate the actual amount of fuel on board the airplane and the design of the airplane's fuel system, which precluded a visual confirmation of the fuel level.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown