Ullrich AURIGA FT N512EA
27 July 2003 · Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 27 July 2003 at about 21:15 local time, a Ullrich AURIGA FT registered N512EA was involved in an accident near Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR)
- Coordinates
- 45.4489, -98.4186
- Aircraft
- Ullrich AURIGA FT
- Registration
- N512EA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Aberdeen → Oshkosh
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI03LA227
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to the lack of design fuel pressure for undetermined reasons.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The experimental amateur-built airplane was destroyed when it impacted an airport terminal parking lot about 1,000 feet from the runway threshold and 600 feet from an interstate. The airplane was witnessed to have lost engine power after takeoff. The airplane operator's general manager stated that the airplane was modified to incorporate a turbine engine from a reciprocating engine. The only change made to the fuel system was to fuel selector having a both selection rather than an individual fuel tank selection. The manager also stated that the engine had problems the day before the accident in that it was not getting enough fuel pressure at higher altitudes. A download of nonvolatile memory aboard the airplane, indicated a fuel pressure below that of the electric driven boost pump in the fuel system and above that of the engine driven boost pump. The download also showed that the airplane's airspeed was below the aircraft stall speed(s) prior to an uncontrolled descent into terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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