ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278939
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| Date: | Friday 21 June 2019 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: | Aeronca S7EC |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N4349C |
| MSN: | 7EC-368 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Engine model: | Continental C90-12F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Jasper-Walker County Airport-Bevill Field, AL (JFX/KJFX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hayden, AL |
| Jasper-Walker County Airport-Bevill Field, AL (JFX/KJFX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot fueled the airplane to capacity by adding about 5 gallons of aviation fuel to the tank, which had previously been serviced with non-ethanol automotive gasoline. The pilot and passenger then departed on the 25-nautical-mile flight to their destination airport. On final approach for landing, the engine became unresponsive to throttle inputs and subsequently lost total power. The pilot performed a forced landing in a grass field about 600 ft short of the runway, during which the airplane impacted a ditch, resulting in substantial damage.
Subsequent maintenance conducted by the pilot's mechanic revealed that the carburetor bowl contained an unidentified 'milky white†substance. Given the lack of other anomalies, it is likely that the fuel contamination resulted in the loss of engine power. The source of the contamination could not be determined based on the available information.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel contamination.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA19LA202
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Jun-2022 13:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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