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Syn engine failure on takeoff due to fuel exhaustion to carburetor account of excessive pitch angle on the intial climb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 183134 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199107 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : c37 |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 17 flight time total : 240 flight time type : 22 |
| ASRS Report | 183134 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Too steep of a climb out and 5 gals of gas was not enough to keep the finger screen covered. Engine quit at about 200 ft AGL, aircraft began to stall, and I pushed the nose down and almost recovered but not enough altitude. Bellied into a corn field, and had to go get help to roll it out and back to my hangar.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SYN ENG FAILURE ON TKOF DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION TO CARB ACCOUNT OF EXCESSIVE PITCH ANGLE ON THE INTIAL CLB.
Narrative: TOO STEEP OF A CLB OUT AND 5 GALS OF GAS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE FINGER SCREEN COVERED. ENG QUIT AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL, ACFT BEGAN TO STALL, AND I PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN AND ALMOST RECOVERED BUT NOT ENOUGH ALT. BELLIED INTO A CORN FIELD, AND HAD TO GO GET HELP TO ROLL IT OUT AND BACK TO MY HANGAR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.