WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Federal aviation investigators believe an empty fuel tank perhaps caused a rented single-engine plane to crash in March on a Wichita, Kansas, golf course, slightly injuring two people aboard.
The Wichita Eagle (https://bit.ly/21ZFpJa) reports the National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Friday involving the March 18 crash at Tallgrass Country Club.
The NTSB says the plane was being piloted by a 17-year-old, with an 18 -year-old passenger on board, when its engine lost power and crashed, narrowly missing nearby homes.
The report says a Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the airplane reported finding no fuel in the left fuel tank but some in the right tank. A switch used to toggle from one gas tank to the next was turned off.
The plane’s occupants sustained minor injuries.
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Information from: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, https://www.kansas.com
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