ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214773
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| Date: | Sunday 26 August 2018 |
| Time: | 16:34 |
| Type: |  Cessna P210N Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Juliet Echo Aviation Llc |
| Registration: | N4842K |
| MSN: | P21000343 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3683 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Delaware County east of Delaware, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Philadelphia-Harry Clever Airport, OH (PHD/KPHD) |
| Urbana, OH (I74) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed the airport to rejoin and fly in formation with a vintage airplane. After the airplane rejoined the formation, the engine lost total power; the pilot made a forced landing, during which the airplane nosed over and sustained damage to the vertical stabilizer. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal flight operations. Downloaded engine data revealed a rapid drop of fuel flow and decrease in engine rpm that were consistent with fuel starvation.
The pilot attributed the power loss to "running the right tank out of fuel" after not switching the fuel selector from right to left fuel tank, as he had initially planned, during the flight. The pilot stated the high engine power setting he used to rejoin with the vintage airplane was a fuel planning consideration for which he had not accounted and that his preflight and in-flight fuel planning routines were rushed because of his desire to rejoin the formation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction of the formation flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4842K%20
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4842K/history/20180826/1115Z/I74/KPHD
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2018 16:25 | Geno | Added |
| 08-Jun-2020 08:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 08-Jun-2020 17:23 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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