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Aviation accident WPR20LA259
SERS · Rutan VARI EZE · 2020-08-09 · Kelso Valley, CA, USA
Event
- NTSB number
WPR20LA259- Event ID
20200809X42236- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2020-08-09
- Location
- Kelso Valley, CA, USA
- Coordinates
- 35.447776, -118.071945
Injuries
- Highest injury
- SERS
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Minor
- 1
- Uninjured
- 0
- Total aboard
- 2
Aircraft
- Make
- Rutan
- Model
- VARI EZE
- Registration
- N2ZE
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- DEST
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to secure the fuel cap, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown