ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201963
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Date: | Thursday 18 February 1999 |
Time: | 13:45 LT |
Type: | Beechcraft K35 |
Owner/operator: | Walter K. Harrison |
Registration: | N15FF |
MSN: | 6045 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4275 hours |
Engine model: | Continental IO-470C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gulfport, MS -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Homestead, FL (X51) |
Destination airport: | (KGPT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:According to the pilot, he was indicating half full on his left main fuel tank, being vectored in IMC conditions by FAA Gulfport (Mississippi) Approach Control radar for an instrument landing, when he lost engine power. He thought that he had a least 12 to 15 gallons of fuel remaining. He could not regain engine power and ditched the airplane in the Gulf of Mexico. When the airplane was recovered 6 days later from the 6 to 8 feet depth water, about 12.5 to 13 gallons of uncontaminated blue colored 100LL aviation fuel remained in the left main fuel tank. Subsequent examination of the fuel system by FAA inspectors revealed a clogged left wing fuel vent system.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation caused by an obstruction in the fuel vent system while maneuvering in IMC conditions, and the subsequent ditching into the Gulf of Mexico.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA99LA088 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA99LA088
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Nov-2017 10:00 |
ASN Update Bot |
Added |
08-Apr-2024 09:32 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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