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Aviation accident ERA25LA162
SERS · RUYS NICHOLAS G RV-8 · 2025-03-28 · Bennettsville, SC, USA
Event
- NTSB number
ERA25LA162- Event ID
20250401199947- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2025-03-28
- Location
- Bennettsville, SC, USA
- Coordinates
- 34.621709, -79.734359
Injuries
- Highest injury
- SERS
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 0
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- RUYS NICHOLAS G
- Model
- RV-8
- Registration
- N8EV
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent forced landing.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown