Accident · 2005-03-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 2005-03-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Sukhoi SU-26 (N226PS)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and fuel consumption calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
Source: NTSB case LAX05LA115Flight 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.