Price CUBY ACRO TRAINER N300HS

Summary

On 4 October 2003 at about 19:52 local time, a Price CUBY ACRO TRAINER registered N300HS, operated by Brian Feaver, was involved in an accident near Canutillo, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 October 2003 at 19:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Canutillo, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.8067, -106.3778

Aircraft

Price CUBY ACRO TRAINER

Registration

N300HS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brian Feaver

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carefree → El Paso

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04CA002

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After a previous flight that morning, the pilot refueled the airplane with 29 gallons of fuel. During cruise flight, he decided not to stop at his original fuel stop and he continued on to his final destination. Approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes into the flight, at 6,500 feet msl, the engine "suddenly lost power," and he initiated a forced landing to a nearby gravel road. During the landing roll, he noticed some children directly in front of the aircraft and applied maximum brakes to avoid them. Subsequently, the airplane nosed-over and came to rest on its nose. The pilot reported the airplane ran out of fuel. No performance data besides that recorded from the previous owner/builder of the airplane were available.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.