Drzymala RV-4 N7XD

Summary

On 1 August 2004 at about 21:25 local time, a Drzymala RV-4 registered N7XD was involved in an accident near Collinsville, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 August 2004 at 21:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Collinsville, Texas, United States

Coordinates

33.5556, -96.9228

Aircraft

Drzymala RV-4

Registration

N7XD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Iola → Sanger

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA199

2 people died.

The pilot's improper in-flight planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 625-hour pilot was returning home from a long cross country flight in his single-engine experimental airplane, when the engine stopped producing power approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes after he last fueled. The pilot made a forced landing to a grass field on private property. Examination of the airplane reveled that the fuel tanks were intact and empty. The pilot had recently installed an overhauled engine on the airplane, which burned an average of 11.5 gallons of fuel per hour. The total fuel capacity of the airplane was 32 gallons, and the usable fuel was approximately 31 gallons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.