ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39452
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 April 1994 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: | Cirrus VK30 |
| Owner/operator: | Remote Sensing Services Ltd |
| Registration: | N108P |
| MSN: | EXPERIMENTAL |
| Total airframe hrs: | 234 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-550-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lk In The Hills, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE WEST RIM OF A GRAVEL PIT DURING A VISUAL APPROACH. ONE WITNESS REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE LOSE POWER AND SEVERAL REPORTED HEARING NO ENGINE NOISE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT AIRFRAME MALFUNCTION AND THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS HIGHLY MODIFIED FROM THE CONFIGURATION RECOMMENDED BY THE KIT MANUFACTURER. THE MODIFICATION ALLOWED UNINTERRUPTED FUEL FLOW BETWEEN ALL OF THE FUEL TANKS. A SINGLE FUEL PICK-UP POINT WAS INSTALLED IN ONE TANK.
Probable Cause: fuel starvation resulting from the modification of the fuel system. A factor was the modification to the fuel system.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI94DEE01
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Apr-2024 07:55 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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