ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166748
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 June 2014 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8DT |
| MSN: | TST1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 406 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 0-340-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East of Flying Oaks Airport (2TE2), NW Fort Worth, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth, TX (2TE2) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff, the airplane’s engine lost power. The pilot attempted to return to the runway but was unable to reach it so he attempted to land on a 1/4-mile-long driveway that paralleled the runway, but the airplane struck a tree and impacted the driveway. Postaccident examination revealed that the airplane’s propeller and spinner had separated from the engine and had sustained minimal impact damage: there were no signatures of rotational damage consistent with the engine developing power at the time of impact. The airplane’s fuel tanks were examined and no fuel was observed. The fuel tanks were not breached during the impact, and there was no evidence of fuel leaks or fuel stains at the accident site. The pilot was not a registered pilot and did not hold a Federal Aviation Administration medical certificate. The pilot’s flight experience is unknown.
Probable Cause: The non-certificated pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power during takeoff due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8DT
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2014 04:25 | Geno | Added |
| 05-Jun-2014 15:41 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2014 22:56 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 07:39 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 15:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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