Fisher LANCAIR N6ZY

Summary

On 12 June 2011 at about 18:15 local time, a Fisher LANCAIR registered N6ZY, operated by Adastral LLC, was involved in an accident near Azle, Texas, 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.

Date

12 June 2011 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Azle, Texas, United States

Coordinates

32.9853, -97.5747

Aircraft

Fisher LANCAIR

Registration

N6ZY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Adastral LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Flight Test

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Saginaw → Azle

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA384

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s inadequate in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed for a local test flight in a newly completed kit airplane. The pilot reported that, about an hour after departure, the engine gave a “slight hiccup,” so he turned back to his departure airfield. When the engine began to lose power, he turned on both wing fuel tank transfer pumps. The engine subsequently lost power, so he elected to conduct a gear-up forced landing in a field. A postaccident examination of the airplane’s fuel tanks revealed that they were not ruptured in the accident. Further examination revealed that the left wing and header tanks were empty while the right wing tank was full of fuel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.