ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228302
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| Date: | Saturday 17 August 2019 |
| Time: | 12:42 LT |
| Type: | Nieuport II Replica |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N112GV |
| MSN: | 146 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 50 hours |
| Engine model: | Volkswagen CONVERSION |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Talladega, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bessemer, AL (EKY) |
| Talladega Airport, AL (ASN/KASN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The sport pilot filled his experimental amateur-built airplane with 10 gallons of fuel before the cross-country flight. During the 55-minute flight, the airplane used about 3 gallons of fuel. During the return flight, the pilot climbed the airplane to 5,000 ft mean sea level to avoid "bad" turbulence. Shortly thereafter, the pilot noticed the fuel gauge was indicating 4 gallons and quickly fell to 0 gallons before the engine lost all power. The pilot made a forced landing on top of the trees bordering a road with traffic then collided with the terrain adjacent to the road, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane's left wing and fuselage.
Postaccident examination revealed that the fuel line to the sump, which was installed underneath the instrument panel between the rudder pedals, was broken. During the turbulence, the pilot likely inadvertently kicked the fuel line with his steel-toe boots, shearing it off at the fuel line connection barb, resulting in fuel exhaustion.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion after the pilot inadvertently kicked a fuel line during turbulence, which resulted in a forced landing into trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=112GV
NTSB ERA19TA254
Location
Images:
Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2019 00:38 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 18-Aug-2019 01:05 | Geno | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 18-Aug-2019 02:14 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2019 04:17 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Aug-2019 04:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2019 15:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2019 18:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 27-Mar-2021 08:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 27-Mar-2021 08:32 | harro | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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