Incident Details
During a landing approach at an airport, air traffic control instructed the pilot to make a 360-degree turn due to other traffic and to use runway 13 instead of the initially assigned runway 18. As the pilot executed a right turn to establish a new base leg, the engine ceased operation. The pilot did not inform the tower of a low fuel condition nor request emergency priority for landing.
Unable to restart the engine, the pilot performed a forced landing in a wooded area. The aircraft collided with two trees during the landing.
Investigation
Examination of the wreckage revealed that the fuel lines had ruptured in the crash. However, investigators found no evidence of fuel spillage at the accident site, and no fuel was present in any of the aircraft's fuel tanks.