ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136703
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| Date: | Monday 20 June 2011 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 402 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3278Q |
| MSN: | 402-0078 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caldwell Industrial Airport - KEUL, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Caldwell, ID (KEUL) |
| Caldwell, ID (KEUL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the skydiving airplane was performing the first takeoff of the day, and he had just raised the landing gear when the airplane experienced a complete loss of power in one of its two engines. There was still runway remaining, and the pilot made the decision to abort the takeoff. Because the airplane was at a very low altitude, the pilot was not sure that all three landing gear would fully extend before the airplane touched down. Therefore, he elected to keep the landing gear retracted, and the airplane touched down on the soft/rough terrain adjacent to the runway. Although no anomalies related to the engine were found, three pieces of poly-isoprene (synthetic rubber) were found in the fuel tank associated with the engine that lost power. Each individual piece was large enough to plug the orifice to the fuel boost pump, and it is likely that one or more of the pieces interrupted the fuel flow to the engine and resulted in the loss of power.
Probable Cause: The total loss of power in one engine during takeoff due to the blockage of fuel flow by a foreign object in the fuel tank.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2011 01:13 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Jun-2011 02:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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