Accident · 1999-10-20

NTSB case LAX00LA021 · Cessna 172N · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1999-10-20
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 172N (N738FY)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: WESTWIND AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WESTWIND AVIATION INC

Probable cause

Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight verification of the fuel quantity, and, once he became aware of the critical fuel state, his decision to over-fly two alternate airports in order to continue to his destination.

Source: NTSB case LAX00LA021

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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