ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387040
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| Date: | Saturday 9 April 2022 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: | Sunward SA60L Aurora |
| Owner/operator: | Yunqi General Aviation Sport Development Co. |
| Registration: | B-109X |
| MSN: | SA60LS00171 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
During an aerial filming flight, a Chinese-built Sunward SA60L Aurora light airplane's engine flamed out at the altitude of 150 m because of fuel starvation. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and put the SA60L Aurora down beside a hill, but the airplane could not stop on the ground in time and ran into a pool. Both the pilot and the passenger survived with little injuries. The aircraft was irreparably damaged.
Sunward SA60L Aurora has a main fuel tank and an auxiliary fuel tank, which must be manually selected. By wreckage inspection, it was evident that the fuel in the main tank was depleted. Recollection of the surviving pilot corroborated the investigators' conclusion that the airplane's engine flamed out due to a lack of fuel and would not restart as the pilot never switched the fuel supply valve to the auxiliary tank.
Sources:
CAAC (Central-Southern) Investigation Report CSCS_AAR_2022_01 [sic! Not B-12DG]. (in Chinese)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2024 07:14 | RDV | Added |
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