Franzreb LOEHLE 5151 MUSTANG N711AH
5 November 2004 · Athens, Tennessee, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 5 November 2004 at about 18:30 local time, a Franzreb LOEHLE 5151 MUSTANG registered N711AH, operated by John K Franzreb, was involved in an accident near Athens, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Athens, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- None
- Coordinates
- 35.3833, -84.5500
- Aircraft
- Franzreb LOEHLE 5151 MUSTANG
- Registration
- N711AH
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- John K Franzreb
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kingston → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- ATL05LA020
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the electrical fuel pump failure, and fuel starvation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was at cruise flight when the electric fuel pump failed. The pilot manually pumped the fuel to the engine, in an effort to restart the electric fuel pump. After 10 minutes of manually pumping the fuel, the pilot elected to perform an emergency landing. As the pilot maneuvered for the emergency landing, the airplane collided with a fence during landing. The airplane wreckage came to rest in an open field. Further examination revealed an electrical fuel pump failure during the flight. The maintenance history of the electric fuel pump disclosed that it had accumulated 280 hours of total time since new.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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