ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44659
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| Date: | Saturday 23 October 2004 |
| Time: | 17:50 |
| Type: |  North American Harvard II T-6 |
| Owner/operator: | T-6 LLC |
| Registration: | N92871 |
| MSN: | 66-2633 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10047 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leesville, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leesville, SC |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator was offering airplane rides to citizens in the area as part of a community event sponsored by the operator. Shortly after the airplane took off, during a climbing left turn, the engine sputtered several times before the airplane disappeared behind a tree line. The accident site was approximately 1/4 statute mile from the departure end of runway 31. The examination of the fuel system revealed fuel present in the carburetor bowl, hand-driven fuel pump, engine-driven fuel pump, and carburetor fuel strainer. The fuel selector was observed in the reserve normal left tank position, fuel present in tank selected, and all ports were free of debris. Examination of engine components revealed that sediment was in the carburetor bowl, hand-driven fuel pump, engine-driven fuel pump screen, and carburetor fuel strainer. Examination of the low fuel pressure warning light in the cockpit revealed that the filament within the bulb glass contained gross elongation of the filament coils and was heavily distorted, features consistent with receiving an impact while hot.
Probable Cause: Loss of engine power due to fuel system contamination which blocked the flow of fuel which resulted in fuel starvation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20041028X01712&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 June 2004 | C-GKGE | Private | 1 | Oroville , WA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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