Avres S-2R N5672X
16 April 1982 · Kettleman City, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 April 1982 at about 21:00 local time, a Avres S-2R registered N5672X, operated by B&G Crop Service, was involved in an accident near Kettleman City, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kettleman City, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Duster Strip
- Coordinates
- 36.0494, -119.9891
- Aircraft
- Avres S-2R
- Registration
- N5672X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- B&G Crop Service
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kettleman City → Kettleman City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX82DA137
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS FAULTY SO HE FLEW BY TIME. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT THE BATTERY ON THE PILOT'S ELECTRIC WATCH RAN DOWN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH HIS WATCH STILL SHOWING HE HAD 20 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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