ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173280
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| Date: | Sunday 25 January 2015 |
| Time: | 16:44 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 |
| Owner/operator: | The Flight Academy |
| Registration: | N7YT |
| MSN: | 4164 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ditched in the Pacific Ocean 230 miles northeast of Maui, Hawaii -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Tracy, CA (TCY) |
| Maui, HI | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, during the transpacific flight, he was unable to transfer fuel from the aft auxiliary fuel tank to the main fuel tanks. Despite multiple attempts to troubleshoot the fuel system issue, he was unable to correct the situation. After transferring fuel from the forward auxiliary fuel tank to both main fuel tanks, he estimated that there was only enough fuel in the main tanks to reach within about 200 miles of land, so he decided to divert to a nearby cruise ship. Once the airplane was in the immediate vicinity of the cruise ship, the pilot activated the airplane’s parachute system, the parachute deployed, and the airplane descended under the canopy into the ocean. The pilot immediately exited the airplane and inflated an emergency life raft; he was recovered from the water a short time later. The airplane subsequently became submerged in the water and was not recovered. The reason for the pilot’s inability to transfer fuel from the aft auxiliary fuel tank to the main fuel tanks could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inability to transfer fuel from the aft auxiliary fuel tank to the main fuel tanks for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane was ditched and not recovered.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7YT/history/20150125/1245Z/KTCY/PHOG
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2015 05:14 | bovine | Added |
| 26-Jan-2015 05:15 | harro | Updated [Date] |
| 26-Jan-2015 07:21 | Geno | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Source] |
| 26-Jan-2015 07:53 | pc12 | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2015 08:01 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 26-Jan-2015 17:00 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jan-2015 17:15 | copi | Updated [Embed code] |
| 26-Jan-2015 17:15 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2015 17:16 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 27-Jan-2015 15:06 | Anon. | Updated [Damage] |
| 27-Jan-2015 17:05 | nevace13 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2015 23:07 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2015 13:14 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 05-Nov-2017 08:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2017 11:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source] |
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