ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228242
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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 2019 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Zenith Zodiac CH-601 XL-B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N662WB |
| MSN: | 6-6056 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 111 hours |
| Engine model: | UL Power UL206iS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jamul, San Diego County, Jamul, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Diego/El Cajon, CA |
| Jamul, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was operating an experimental amateur-built airplane on a personal flight. During cruise flight, the engine lost all power, and the pilot performed a forced landing into a field. During the landing roll, the airplane struck a large rock and sustained substantial damage to the left wing and forward fuselage.
The airplane's engine control unit (ECU)''part of the airplane's full-authority digital engine control system''managed the engine's electrically powered ignition system. Review of data from the ECU and the airplane's electronic flight information system revealed that the engine stopped operating because the ECU shut down suddenly. The battery that operated the full-authority digital engine control system appeared to be providing enough electrical power to the system bus for the ECU to operate; thus, the source for the loss of electrical power could not be determined.
Subsequent examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies with the ECU or airframe wiring, although an undiscovered intermittent electrical supply failure to the ECU could not be ruled out.
The airplane was not equipped with a redundant electrical power source or a backup ECU system. As a result, when the engine control unit shut down suddenly, no system could provide the ECU with the electrical power that would have allowed it to continue operating.
Probable Cause: Loss of engine power due to an undetermined loss of electrical power to the engine control system. Contributing factors were the lack of a redundant system to provide for engine control should the engine control system be deprived of electrical power or fail.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR19LA222
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=662WB
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2019 18:33 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Aug-2019 18:50 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 15-Aug-2019 18:51 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2019 19:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2019 21:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Aug-2019 21:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Jul-2022 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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