ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23119
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Rutan Vari-Viggen |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N106VV |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9 nm E of Plaster Rock, New Brunswick -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Bangor International Airport, ME (BGR/KBGR) |
| Goose Bay | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The amateur-built VariViggen aircraft departed Bangor Airport, Maine, United States, on 17 September 2006, at 17:11 local time, on a non-stop, visual flight rules (VFR) flight to Goose Bay, Labrador. The aircraft wreckage was located on 22 September 2006 in a heavily wooded area about nine nautical miles east of Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. The pilot had been fatally injured in the crash, and the aircraft was destroyed.
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors
1. The wing tanks had become contaminated with water; however, the source of the water contamination could not be determined.
2. The aircraft did not have fuel tank drains to allow for easy pre-flight inspection of the entire fuel system.
3. The engine stopped when water, transferred from the wing tanks to the main tank, settled in the main fuel tank and was subsequently delivered to the engine.
4. The flight was conducted at a relatively low altitude, limiting the pilot’s opportunity to cope successfully with the engine stoppage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CADORS 2006A0780
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2010 18:56 | slowkid | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2023 15:52 | harro | Updated [[Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
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