ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217517
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| Date: | Saturday 18 July 1987 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: | First Strike Aviation Supercat |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 400 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lockyer Waters, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lockyer Waters, QLD |
| Lockyer Waters, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was carrying out circuit practice in his aircraft. After about 15 minutes flying the engine stopped. Realising that the aircraft would not glide to the strip, the pilot attempted a forced landing in a grassed paddock just short of the property boundary fence. Just after touching down, the aircraft struck the trunk of a fallen tree and the landing gear was bent rearwards. An inspection of the wreckage found that a hose clamp holding the fuel line to the inlet side of the carburettor had failed and allowed fuel to siphon overboard. The failure of the clamp had resulted from the incorrect size clamp being used and the resultant size differential resulted in geometrical discontinuity and circumferential stress overload. The engine failed due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198703531/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28012/aair198703531.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2018 03:37 | Pineapple | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 03:41 | Pineapple | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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