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Event SEA88LA145
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ENGINE PWR LOSS OCCURRED APPROACHING DESTINATON ABOUT 2000 FT AGL. PLT SWITCHED FUEL AND ATTEMPTED RESTART BUT FAILED TO UTILIZE PROPER PROCEDURES. ACFT COLLIDED WITH WIRE FENCE HIDDEN IN TALL VEGETATION ON CHOSEN FORCED LNDG SITE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LEFT FUEL TANK, IN OPERATION AT PWR LOSS, WAS BELOW USABLE LEVEL. RIGHT TANK LEVEL WAS FOUND NEAR UNUSABLE FUEL LEVEL. AUX TANKS WERE NEAR FULL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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