ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210585
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| Date: | Monday 7 May 2018 |
| Time: | 10:43 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II |
| Owner/operator: | Paris Air Inc |
| Registration: | N80813 |
| MSN: | 28-8016057 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12557 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vero Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Vero Beach Municipal Airport, FL (VRB/KVRB) |
| Vero Beach Municipal Airport, FL (VRB/KVRB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and student pilot were conducting an instructional flight. As the student turned the airplane from the base leg to the final leg of the traffic pattern, the engine lost total power, so the instructor assumed control of the airplane. He attempted remedial actions to no avail, so he chose to conduct a forced landing to a railroad bed before the approach end of the runway. The airplane landed hard, which resulted in the right main landing gear and nose landing gear separating from the airplane.
Fuel drained from the airplane during recovery contained large quantities of water. After recovery, a fresh source of fuel was plumbed into the fuel system, and the engine started and ran smoothly. Given that the engine was successfully test-run with fresh fuel after the accident, it is likely that the loss of engine power was due to water contamination of the fuel supply.
Probable Cause: Water contamination of the fuel supply, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=80813
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N80813
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Photo: FAA
Media:
The pilot of the plane that crashed in Vero Beach said he had seconds to decide whether to bring plane down on road or railroad tracks. Interview by Marlen Hunter. @CBS12 https://t.co/aIeinE7uSA pic.twitter.com/Hzqp5WMzdv
— Gary Detman (@GaryDetmanNews) 7 mai 2018
Crews are working to remove the plane that crashed right next to the railroad tracks by US 1 in Vero Beach @CBS12 pic.twitter.com/R2gBsFzSHz
— Erin MacPherson (@ErinCBS12) 7 mai 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2018 16:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-May-2018 17:01 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2018 17:13 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2018 20:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 01-May-2019 09:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 01-May-2019 14:23 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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