ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290445
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| Date: | Friday 1 August 2014 |
| Time: | 10:28 LT |
| Type: | Rans S-16 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N116GS |
| MSN: | 1298009 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 203 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Bridger, Wyoming -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Bridger Airport, WY (FBR/KFBR) |
| Fort Bridger Airport, WY (FBR/KFBR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff, experimental amateur-built airplane's engine lost all power. The pilot/owner performed a forced landing onto a road, and, during the landing flare, the main landing gear caught the edge of the road and collapsed. The airplane struck a pit and sustained substantial damage. The pilot had recently reinstalled the engine's fuel servo following the servo's overhaul, and this was the first flight since the installation. Postaccident examination revealed that the fuel line's B-nut fitting connecting the fuel servo to the fuel flow divider was about 1 1/3 turns loose. It is likely that the pilot had either forgotten to tighten the fitting or had not applied sufficient torque during reinstallation of the servo.
Probable Cause: The fuel flow divider inlet line's B-nut coming loose during takeoff, resulting in a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to adequately tighten the B-nut during recent maintenance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR14LA323
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 2006 | N116GS | Private | 0 | Plattsmouth, Nebraska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 15:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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