ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45135
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| Date: | Sunday 27 July 2003 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: | Ullrich Auriga FT |
| Owner/operator: | Express Aircraft Company LLC |
| Registration: | N512EA |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aberdeen, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Aberdeen, SD (ABR) |
| Oshkosh, WI (OSH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The experimental amateur-built airplane was destroyed when it impacted an airport terminal parking lot about 1,000 feet from the runway threshold and 600 feet from an interstate. The airplane was witnessed to have lost engine power after takeoff. The airplane operator's general manager stated that the airplane was modified to incorporate a turbine engine from a reciprocating engine. The only change made to the fuel system was to fuel selector having a both selection rather than an individual fuel tank selection. The manager also stated that the engine had problems the day before the accident in that it was not getting enough fuel pressure at higher altitudes. A download of nonvolatile memory aboard the airplane, indicated a fuel pressure below that of the electric driven boost pump in the fuel system and above that of the engine driven boost pump. The download also showed that the airplane's airspeed was below the aircraft stall speed(s) prior to an uncontrolled descent into terrain.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to the lack of design fuel pressure for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030730X01234&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Dec-2017 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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