NONE · AERONCA 15AC · 2014-06-06 · Talkeetna, AK, USA
Event
NTSB number
ANC14LA038
Event ID
20140606X55628
Type
Accident
Date
2014-06-06
Location
Talkeetna, AK, USA
Coordinates
62.517223, -150.945281
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
1
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
AERONCA
Model
15AC
Registration
N1301H
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
Maintenance personnel’s failure to perform required fuel system tests to ensure that the airplane met its original type certification basis after modifying the fuel system and the Federal Aviation Administration’s improper approval of the fuel tank modification via the field approval process during which it did not ensure that the required fuel system tests were performed, which led to the pilot’s inability to determine the airplane’s actual amount of usable and unusable fuel and the subsequent loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.