ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175401
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 April 2015 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N12842 |
| MSN: | 172-62306 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8251 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hilo Airport, Hawaii, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hilo International Airport, HI (ITO/PHTO) |
| Hilo International Airport, HI (ITO/PHTO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction reported that, during the preflight inspection before the local instructional flight, they drained water from the fuel tanks. After departure, they flew for about 1 hour and then returned to the airport to practice touch-and-go landings. During the approach for landing, the pilot receiving instruction accomplished a no-flap “slip to landing.” After touchdown, he applied power for the takeoff, and the airplane then reached between about 75 and 100 ft above ground level, at which point the engine began to run irregularly, and subsequently, it lost power. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and executed a left turn away from buildings located at the end of the runway. Subsequently, the airplane impacted a grassy area northeast of the departure end of the runway.
During the postaccident examination of the airplane, water was found in the fuel sump strainer and the carburetor, which likely led to the loss of engine power. It is likely the flight instructor and pilot receiving instruction failed to ensure that all the water was drained from the tank during the preflight inspection.
Probable Cause: Water contamination in the fuel system due to the flight instructor’s and pilot receiving instruction’s failure to drain all the water from the system during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=12842
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2015 01:29 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Apr-2015 03:49 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2015 06:06 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2015 13:39 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2016 19:54 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 20:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2023 14:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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