# NTSB Accident CEN18LA300
> **CONTINENTAL COPTERS INC. TOMCAT MK5A** · 2018-07-27 · Le Sueur, MN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN18LA300
- **Event ID:** 20180727X35400
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-07-27
- **Location:** Le Sueur, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.471389, -93.74472
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CONTINENTAL COPTERS INC.
- **Model:** TOMCAT MK5A
- **Registration:** N9005T
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, during which he did not visually check the fuel quantity in the fuel tanks and instead relied on the fuel gauges that were showing erroneous fuel quantity indications, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power during cruise flight.

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