Tomlinson POBER SUPER ACE N54JT

Summary

On 27 September 1997 at about 19:30 local time, a Tomlinson POBER SUPER ACE registered N54JT was involved in an accident near Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 September 1997 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lebanon, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Lebanon Municipal (M54)

Coordinates

36.2008, -86.3196

Aircraft

Tomlinson POBER SUPER ACE

Registration

N54JT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL97LA141

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to follow normal checklist procedures that resulted in fuel starvation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot estimated that the airplane had 16 gallons of low lead aviation fuel in the tanks at takeoff. After takeoff the pilot switched the fuel selector from the fuselage tank to the wing tank. After 30 minutes of flight the pilot returned to the airport and entered the traffic pattern for landing. About 200 feet above the ground, while on final approach to land, the engine quit. Efforts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The airplane collided with a tree short of the active runway. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. Normal operational procedures for takeoff and landing require that the fuel selector be placed in the fuselage/front tank position. The pilot stated that he had not switched the fuel selector to the fuller fuel tank, fuselage/front tank, prior to the loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.