# NTSB Accident CEN15LA296
> **COLONIAL C 1** · 2015-07-05 · Chico, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN15LA296
- **Event ID:** 20150707X13004
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-07-05
- **Location:** Chico, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.29, -97.836112
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** COLONIAL
- **Model:** C 1
- **Registration:** N257B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the unsnapped fuel bladder, which resulted in an inaccurate fuel quantity indication, and the pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, during which he relied solely on the fuel gauges to determine the amount of fuel on board.

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