ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167200
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| Date: | Saturday 21 June 2014 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: | Loehle 5151 Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N518BC |
| MSN: | 5151-10873332 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582UL DCDI-99 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Livermore Municipal Airport (KLVK), Livermore, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Livermore, CA (LVK) |
| Livermore, CA (LVK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a local personal flight. One witness reported that the airplane departed the airport and that, when it was about 2 miles from the airport, it pitched up, banked left, and then flew straight down. Another witness stated that the airplane was trailing smoke and appeared to be on fire and that the airplane banked left and right, pitched up, and then pitched straight down. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain, which ignited a grass fire. Postaccident examination of the wreckage found no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
A year before the accident, the pilot was involved in a hard landing following a loss of engine power in the accident airplane. Review of recent correspondence between the pilot and the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that the pilot had removed fuel filters on the airplane that had resulted in the loss of power at certain altitudes and installed an electric fuel pump in addition to replacing all of the polyurethane tubing that supplied fuel to the engine. Maintenance records revealed no entries pertaining to the fuel system. Due to impact damage and postimpact fire damage, the source of the in-flight fire could not be determined.
Probable Cause: An in-flight fire of unknown origin for reasons that could not be determined because of impact damage and postimpact fire damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=518BC
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2014 01:23 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Jun-2014 04:12 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2014 08:51 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 22-Jun-2014 08:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2014 16:47 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 15:03 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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