ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177353
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| Date: | Friday 7 May 2004 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | Smyth Sidewinder |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N92AC |
| MSN: | 212380 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 601 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Natrona, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Thermopolis, WY (THP) |
| Casper, WY (CPR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After refueling to capacity, the pilot took off to ferry his newly-purchased airplane it to his home base. After 1 hour in cruise flight at 9,500 feet msl, the engine --- which had been producing 2,500 rpm --- began "surging" and started losing power. Carburetor heat was opened and the mixture was adjusted, but the engine continued to lose power. Cylinder head temperature, oil temperature, and oil pressure indicated normal parameters. As the airplane began losing altitude, the pilot decided to land in an open area. During the landing rollout, the nose and right main landing gears were torn off, and the left main landing gear folded underneath the airplane. The firewall was buckled and there was wing damage. Later examination of the fuel selector valve a considerable amount of fine grit inside the fuel screen. Similar grit was seen inside the fuel tank. The airplane was given a conditional inspection on May 6, 2004. Prior to that, the last conditional inspection was on August 1, 1996. Tachometer time between these two inspections was 178.9 hours. At the last inspection, the fuel tank was removed, cleaned by a radiator shop, and reinstalled in the airplane.
Probable Cause: fuel starvation due to contamination, resulting in the fuel selector valve becoming totally blocked. Contributing factors were the inadequate conditional inspection, and the lack of nsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040511X00583&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2015 17:36 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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