ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296377
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| Date: | Sunday 1 December 2002 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper J5A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N270JS |
| MSN: | 5-18 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2000 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Soldotna, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight departed on runway 07, and the pilot started a right climbing turn when the airplane's engine lost power. The pilot applied carburetor heat, and checked the position of the fuel tank selector, but he could not restart the engine. About 200 feet above ground level, he turned toward the runway. The airplane landed hard on the runway, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing struck the runway. There were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The mechanic who recovered the airplane removed more than a pint of water from the right wing fuel sump. The pilot said he fueled the airplane with 87-octane auto gas from 5-gallon cans prior to the flight. He further said he should have strained the fuel through a water trap filter.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to remove all water from the airplane's fuel supply during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC03LA016
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 2005 | N270JS | Private | 0 | Kenai, Alaska | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 19:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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