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| Date: | Thursday 30 August 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Diamond DA42 Twin Star |
| Owner/operator: | ESMA Aviation Academy |
| Registration: | F-HDAO |
| MSN: | 42.253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL/LFMT) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL/LFMT) |
| Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL/LFMT) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
In October 2009, October 2010 and eleven times from September 2011 to September 2012, low pressure fuel pump failures occurred on aircraft equipped with Thielert TAE 125-02-99 engines. These failures, while having different failure modes, all resulted in the loss of pump drive. The engine then stopped due to lack of fuel supply.
Event n°12:
While taxiing after landing on return from an instructional flight, the left engine stopped. Breakage of the drive of the low pressure fuel pump of the left engine.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/rupture-de-lentrainement-de-la-pompe-carburant-basse-pression-du-moteur-gauche-apres-latterrissage-en-instruction/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 November 2011 | F-HDAO | ESMA Aviation Academy | 0 | Lézignan-Corbières Airfield (LFMZ) | |
non |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2022 18:58 | harro | Added |
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