Schweizer G-164B N6543R

Summary

On 16 August 2000 at about 14:15 local time, a Schweizer G-164B registered N6543R was involved in an accident near Olancha, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 August 2000 at 14:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Olancha, California, United States

Coordinates

36.2609, -117.9504

Aircraft

Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N6543R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Delano → Lone Pine

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX00LA304

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and fuel consumption calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in the cruise portion of a positioning flight, the engine lost power. During the forced landing on a dirt road, which had shoulders higher than the roadbed, the lower left wing dug into a dirt shoulder and the airplane nosed over. The pilot told the deputy he thought the airplane might be out of fuel. The deputy did not observe fuel leaking on the ground or any wet spots under the inverted airplane. After the airplane was righted during recovery, the Federal Aviation Administration accident coordinator noted 3 gallons of fuel were drained from the fuel system. The operator said this represented the unusable fuel quantity for this airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.