Indus T-211 THORPEDO N107JF
18 September 2008 · La Porte, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 September 2008 at about 16:45 local time, a Indus T-211 THORPEDO registered N107JF, operated by Executive Aircraft Sales LLC, was involved in an incident near La Porte, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- La Porte, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- La Porte Municipal Airport (PPO)
- Coordinates
- 41.5993, -86.7108
- Aircraft
- Indus T-211 THORPEDO
- Registration
- N107JF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Executive Aircraft Sales LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kirsh → Hibbing
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI08IA294
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of siphoning from the fuel filler neck and cap. Contributing to the incident were the fuel over-servicing which resulted in the siphoning condition, and the ASTM standards which allowed for the fuel tank filler neck/vent design.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The light sport airplane landed at an airport for a fuel stop during a positioning flight. According to the pilot, the airplane departed on the remainder of the positioning flight and "42 [minutes] into [the] flight at [4,500 feet] the engine stopped." The pilot performed a successful forced landing to a soybean field, with no injuries or damage to the aircraft. A postincident inspection of the airplane showed that the fuel gauge indicated 16 gallons of fuel, yet there was no fuel in the fuel tank. It was later discovered that the airplane had been over-serviced with fuel contrary to a service notification warning that a siphoning condition could occur as a result of over-servicing. Following the investigation the manufacturer modified the fuel filler neck and fuel cap and subsequently issued a service bulletin informing owners of the modification. The airplane was certified to ASTM consensus standards that allowed for the airplane's fuel filler neck design.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Indus T-211 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2014 | Indus T-211 THORPEDO | Mountain Home, Idaho, United States | Earl W Pitts | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2008 | Bell 206L-1 | Greensburg, Indiana, United States | Air Evac EMS Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 Oct 2008 | Pegasus QUANTUM | West Terre Haute, Indiana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Oct 2008 | Cessna 172P | Delphi, Indiana, United States | Lafayette Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 2008 | Grumman G-164A | Veedersburg, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 2008 | Wolseley Motors SE5-A | Seymour, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 May 2008 | Mischanko BUCKEYE BREEZE | Walkerton, Indiana, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |