ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186114
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| Date: | Saturday 2 April 2016 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: | Ginny B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N349E |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Stallone Airport (9NJ5), Harrisonville, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Alloway, NJ (NJ02) |
| Alloway, NJ (NJ02) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The sport pilot/mechanic reported that the accident flight was the first flight in the experimental, amateur-built airplane after he installed an overhauled engine. About 30 minutes after takeoff, the engine experienced a sudden and total loss of power and would not restart. The pilot then conducted a forced landing to a grass field, and the airplane nosed over.
The pilot and another mechanic subsequently performed a condition inspection of the airplane and found that fuel had leaked from the gascolator between the glass cup and metal frame. They also found that the gascolator bale clamp was not safety-wired, which allowed the clamp to loosen and subsequently relax the seal between the glass cup and the metal frame and the fuel to leak.
Probable Cause: The pilot/mechanic's failure to safety-wire the gascolator bale clamp, which resulted in a fuel leak and subsequent total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=349E
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2016 00:06 | Geno | Added |
| 03-Apr-2016 00:24 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2016 00:54 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Sep-2017 19:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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