ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298418
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| Date: | Thursday 4 October 2001 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: | Reindl CGS Hawk A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3963W |
| MSN: | H-4-140-C |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1350 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 447 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fayetteville, Ohio -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FAYETTEVILLE, OH |
| Fayetteville, OH | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After departing from a private airstrip, the pilot climbed to traffic pattern altitude. At altitude, he encountered gusting wind conditions and elected to land. On the base leg of the approach, the engine lost power. The pilot performed a forced landing to an up-sloping field, where the airplane touched down hard, and came to rest upright. Inspection of the engine revealed that a thin rubber line, which was connected from the engine driven vacuum pump to the pneumatic fuel pump, was dry rotted and broken off from it's connection at the pneumatic fuel pump. The pilot had completed an annual inspection of the airplane prior to the accident flight.
Probable Cause: The owner/mechanic's inadequate annual inspection. A factor related to the accident was the rotted fuel line which separated from it's connection at the fuel pump.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC02LA005
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 17:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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