# NTSB Accident ERA21LA020
> **AERO COMMANDER 100** · 2020-10-14 · Citra, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA21LA020
- **Event ID:** 20201014102149
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-10-14
- **Location:** Citra, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.473624, -81.992119
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AERO COMMANDER
- **Model:** 100
- **Registration:** N631PF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot’s inadequate preflight planning likely due to impairment from ethanol, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing was his improper decision to depart from an unlit airstrip in dark night conditions.

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