ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137517
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 July 2011 |
| Time: | 13:27 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Services of Medina |
| Registration: | N1883D |
| MSN: | D-3155 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4598 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental E185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Medina County Municipal Airport, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Medina, OH (1G5) |
| Unknown, | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane lost total engine power while climbing through about 200 feet above ground level after takeoff. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed that the engine-driven fuel pump was leaking fuel through an internal diaphragm and out of a vent hole, thus fuel was not reaching the engine. Although the engine was overhauled about 11 years before the accident, the operator's mechanic stated that there were no records showing that the engine driven fuel pump was overhauled at that time or at any time since it was installed on the engine about 1956. The engine manufacturer recommends that all engine accessories be overhauled when the engine is overhauled.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation due to an age-related failure of the engine-driven fuel pump. Also causal was the failure of the maintenance facility to overhaul the fuel pump and the failure of the operator to ensure that the pump was overhauled.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1986 | N1883D | Guy Hill | 0 | Lantana, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2011 13:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Jul-2011 00:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2013 06:09 | Lori | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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