ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268955
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| Date: | Monday 20 November 2000 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N65717 |
| MSN: | 619 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1070 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | IUKA, Mississippi -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | MUSCLE SHOALS , AL (MSL |
| OLIVE BRANCH , MS (OLV | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot he departed with 'full fuel tanks (40 gallons),' and landed after a flight of 50 minutes. After spending time on the ground and not refueling, he departed for his home airport. He stated, '...cruising at 4,500 feet, engine began surging (fuel pressure fluctuating). Turned on aux fuel pump surging stopped for about 1 minute, then reoccurred, turned toward...[nearest] airport for emergency landing...insufficient gliding distance to make runway...struck power lines about 50 yards from runway and went inverted.' A witness heard the engine cutting in and out, before impacting with wires. Inspection of the airplane's fuel system, after the accident revealed, a small amount of fuel in the fuel lines, water, excessive contamination, corrosion, rust, and trash in the fuel. The fuel tank bladder was contaminated with rust, corrosion, trash, and water. The engine was rotated and had no binding; compression was noted on all cylinders. There was no external damage noted to the engine.
Probable Cause: a loss of engine power due to fuel contamination resulting in fuel starvation, a forced landing and the subsequent in-flight collision with a wire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA01LA031
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2021 19:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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