# Accident 19961005034439A: Hspavn HA200, Elk City, OK, October 5, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Elk City, OK
- Airport: Elk City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4000° N, 99.4100° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4000&lon=-99.4100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3179K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3179K-2001-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hispano Aviacion HA-200 SAETA (registry code 4380115, https://openairdocs.org/model/hispano-aviacion-ha-200-saeta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca MARBORE IIC (registry code 60004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-marbore-iic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HSPAVN HA200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,630 total, 17 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961005034439A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FUEL INBALANCE EN ROUTE. DIVERTED. ON FINAL TRIED DUMP WINGTIP TANKS. ONE TANK DUMPED ONLY. CABLE HAD JAMMED. (-23) PILOT DEPARTED MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT (ICT), WICHITA, KS, ENROUTE TO CHILDRESS (CDS), TX. AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A FUEL FEED PROBLEM FROM LEFT WING TIP TO FUSELAGE TANK. PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ELK CITY (ELK), OK TO CHECK OUT FUEL FEED PROBLEM. ON APPROACH WITH RIGHT WING TIP EMPTY AND LEFT WING TIP FULL LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO JETTISON TIP TANK FUEL. LEFT WING DID NOT JETTISON AND AIRCRAFT HIT HARD LEFT WING FIRST AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA007), Oct 5, 1996: Hispano Aviacion HA-200 Saeta (N3179K), Elk City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of aircraft control due to a fuel imbalance as a result of a partial failure of the fuel jettison system. A factor was that fuel could not be transferred from the left wing tip fuel tank to…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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