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| Date: | Wednesday 20 July 2022 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E33A Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7555N |
| MSN: | CE-197 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5975 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-BA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Zena, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, CO (COS/KCOS) |
| Smith Field Airport, AR (KSJG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After about 2.5 hours of cross-country night flight, the engine lost all power near an airport where the pilot planned to refuel. The pilot stated that he thought that he ran out of fuel and executed a forced landing to a vegetated field about 1 mile from the airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and front of the fuselage.
Examination of the airplane did not reveal any mechanical anomalies with the engine that would have precluded normal operation. The left-wing tank was found dry and the right fuel tank was found with about 1 inch of unusable fuel at the accident site. The fuel selector switch was found in the left fuel tank position. The pilot did not know how much fuel was onboard the airplane at the time of departure and had delayed refueling the airplane due to the price of fuel.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, and improper in-flight decision making which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN22LA343
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105583
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7555N
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7555N/history/20220721/0027Z/KFNL/L%2036.51045%20-94.82650
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2022 15:53 | AgOps | Added |
| 23-Jul-2022 13:39 | johnwg | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 28-Apr-2024 09:45 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 28-Apr-2024 21:05 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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