ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294621
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| Date: | Saturday 21 August 2004 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: | Fall Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Martin Kenric Fall |
| Registration: | N25MF |
| MSN: | 5 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rockville, Indiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | INDIANAPOLIS, IN (7L8) |
| Rockville, IN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The experimental amateur-built airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain during a forced landing at a private airstrip following an in-flight loss of engine power. The pilot and passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries. The pilot's accident report stated, "I flew a 3-4 hundred foot pass down runway (W to E) at a fairly low power setting to assess the strip and its condition. As I started a [right hand] turn to go west so that I could go back to land east, the engine quit (it windmilled). ... I turned sharply west to at least land in cornfield [and] possibly runway. ... [The airplane] was settling, however and [left] gear drug thru top of 75' tree slowing me considerably. [The airplane] hit corn slightly nose down in flat attitude." Concerning the loss of engine power, the pilot stated, "Engine quit - fuel starvation, I feel caused by unporting fuel pickups." The pilot's safety recommendation was, "Fuel system need to be reevaluated, possibly rerouting fuel lines from tanks, adding a fuel pump (gravity fed) and/or more fuel pickup points. [Approximately] 12 gal. of fuel showed on fuel sight [glasses] at time engine quit."
Probable Cause: The fuel starvation encountered due to the builder's inadequate fuel system design and the subsequent loss of engine power during a maneuver for the landing approach. Factors were the tree and corn.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI04LA245
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 07:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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