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Pilot of an small aircraft ambiguity single engine land aircraft made an unscheduled touch down on another lake than used for takeoff, when the engine quit due to fuel starvation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 247917 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dlg |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10800 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 247917 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft engine abruptly quit following takeoff. A glide was established and aircraft turned slightly left to land in another small lake. Just prior to landing, power was restored by activation of the aircraft electric boost pump. The aircraft was close to the second lake surface and touched down momentarily, but with power restored, and due to the small size of the second lake, the aircraft was lifted off again. While the aircraft was being operated from its fullest tank, it is believed that the engine suffered from temporary fuel starvation due to unporting of the fuel tank line during step taxi prior to takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA AMB SINGLE ENG LAND ACFT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED TOUCH DOWN ON ANOTHER LAKE THAN USED FOR TKOF, WHEN THE ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.
Narrative: ACFT ENG ABRUPTLY QUIT FOLLOWING TKOF. A GLIDE WAS ESTABLISHED AND ACFT TURNED SLIGHTLY L TO LAND IN ANOTHER SMALL LAKE. JUST PRIOR TO LNDG, PWR WAS RESTORED BY ACTIVATION OF THE ACFT ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP. THE ACFT WAS CLOSE TO THE SECOND LAKE SURFACE AND TOUCHED DOWN MOMENTARILY, BUT WITH PWR RESTORED, AND DUE TO THE SMALL SIZE OF THE SECOND LAKE, THE ACFT WAS LIFTED OFF AGAIN. WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING OPERATED FROM ITS FULLEST TANK, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ENG SUFFERED FROM TEMPORARY FUEL STARVATION DUE TO UNPORTING OF THE FUEL TANK LINE DURING STEP TAXI PRIOR TO TKOF.
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.