WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — Federal aviation investigators say the gas tanks were empty after a single-engine plane lost power and crash-landed on a road near Wheatland.
A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report released Wednesday says only the pilot was aboard and he was unhurt in the July 12 crash.
The NTSB says the pilot was flying from Grant, Neb., to Wheatland when the engine sputtered and quit about 12 miles from Wheatland. The Cessna 150-J landed on a road and flipped, coming to a rest upside down.
The NTSB says the pilot told investigators he noticed shortly after takeoff that the plane's battery wasn't operating and he was unable to use the left and right fuel gauges, but he decided to continue the flight anyway.
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