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SEA93LA100

1993-04-22 · PENDLETON, Oregon, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport PDT

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S BECOMING LOST/DISORIENTED AND SOFT TERRAIN.

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED HIS ORIGINATION AIRPORT AND AFTER FLYING APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS LANDED AT HIS FIRST INTERMEDIATE STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REFUELED. DURING THE SECOND LEG THE PILOT BECAME GEOGRAPHICALLY DISORIENTED AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES FLYING TIME, AND WHILE ON A 2 MILE FINAL TO HIS DESTINATION, A TOTAL POWER LOSS OCCURRED. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A SOFT FIELD DURING WHICH THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED ON ROLLOUT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. FAA ON SITE INSPECTION REVEALED MINIMAL GAS IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SYSTEM. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_SEA93LA100.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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