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Evanston, WY
THE PILOT AND FOUR PAX (HIS FAMILY) WERE ON A X-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT SAID HE BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE NAVIGATING BY LORAN AND FLEW UNTIL THE PLANE WAS LOW ON FUEL. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BESIDE A HIGHWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. A POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS NO FUEL IN EITHER TANK.
THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND DELAYED IN TAKING REMEDIAL ACTION, WHICH RESULTED ON A CRITICALLY LOW FUEL LEVEL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.
THE PILOT AND FOUR PAX (HIS FAMILY) WERE ON A X-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT SAID HE BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE NAVIGATING BY LORAN AND FLEW UNTIL THE PLANE WAS LOW ON FUEL. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BESIDE A HIGHWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. A POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS NO FUEL IN EITHER TANK.