ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221163
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| Date: | 27-MAY-2018 |
| Time: | 11:17 UTC |
| Type: |  XtremeAir XA42 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-EIXA |
| C/n / msn: | 006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2.5nm SW of Ponte de Sor Airfield (LPSO) -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ponte de Sor Airport (LPSO) |
| Ponte de Sor Airport (LPSO) | |
| Investigating agency: | GPIAAF Portugal |
The pilot and a passenger were performing a flight with an XtremeAir XA42, registration D-EIXA, near Ponte de Sor Airfield (LPSO).
Few minutes after take-off, the aircraft suffered an engine power loss, the pilot while trying to get back to Ponte de Sor Airfield (LPSO) declared emergency and carried on with the forced landing procedure.
At 2.5 NM southwest of Ponte de Sor Airfield (LPSO) an emergency landing was performed in a rural field and the aircraft was substantially damaged.
Probable Cause:
The accident was the result of an off field landing with aircraft flip-over. The engine power loss was probably due to fuel starvation.
Contributing Factor:
Poor fuel management by the pilot driven by the operational event environment that led the pilot to not perform a physical fuel amount check before and during each flight.
Sources:
GPIAAF
Accident investigation:
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Images:
Photo of D-EIXA courtesy AirHistory.net
Hosín (LKHS)
29 June 2013; (c) Peter de Jong
Photo: GPIAAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2019 08:39 | harro | Added |
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