Martinton, IL, USA
N244HW
BELLANCA 1730A
The pilot had flown about 3 hours of a cross-country flight when he thought he was going to run out of fuel. He could not find a runway nearby, so he elected to conduct a precautionary landing on a gravel road before the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. During the landing the airplane exited the road and went into a ditch, substantially damaging the fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it contained about 1 hour of useable fuel.
The pilot's improper decision to conduct an off-field precautionary landing.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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