ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356523
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| Date: | Thursday 31 October 1996 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Soho Air, Inc. |
| Registration: | N120JD |
| MSN: | 31-8152179 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4101 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Mccomb, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | (KMCB) |
| New Orleans, LA (NEW | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot requested that the aircraft be fueled with 40 gallons of 100LL avgas. The lineman fueled the aircraft with 40 gallons of Jet-A fuel. This made the total fuel on board about 80 gallons (about a 50 percent to 50 percent mixture of avgas and Jet-A). The pilot signed the fuel receipt, which indicated Jet-A fuel, and then departed. The lineman did not observe the pilot perform a preflight inspection. Both engines lost power after takeoff, and a forced landing was made in a field. The aircraft was equipped with restricted fuel ports to prevent this type of misfueling; however, the fuel pump (from which N120JD was fueled) was not equipped with the respective large size nozzle that was designed to prevent the problem.
Probable Cause: the lineman's fueling of the aircraft with the wrong type fuel, the pilot's failure to verify the type of fuel added to the aircraft before flight, and failure of the refueling facility to be equipped with the proper fuel nozzle.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA97IA016
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 08:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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