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A zenair 600 pilot was test flying his aircraft after it was idle four years. Because the fuel sight gauge was inaccurate the aircraft suffered fuel starvation at 700 ft and the aircraft was landed off airport in an agriculture field where the nose strut failed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 904897 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4.5 Flight Crew Total 750 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
I put the airplane back in service after 4 years of down time. I had made several flights and did not realize the fuel sight gauge was inaccurate. On the accident flight when the aircraft reached 700 ft the engine quit. I made a landing in a soybean field. The nose gear broke off but the plane remained upright. I exited normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Zenair 600 pilot was test flying his aircraft after it was idle four years. Because the fuel sight gauge was inaccurate the aircraft suffered fuel starvation at 700 FT and the aircraft was landed off airport in an agriculture field where the nose strut failed.
Narrative: I put the airplane back in service after 4 years of down time. I had made several flights and did not realize the fuel sight gauge was inaccurate. On the accident flight when the aircraft reached 700 FT the engine quit. I made a landing in a soybean field. The nose gear broke off but the plane remained upright. I exited normally.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.