19990928028729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SEA FURY TMK 20 · Boise, ID · September 28, 1999

Date: September 28, 1999 · 19:00 local
Place: Boise, ID
Airport: Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Fld
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N42SF
Reported as: Amtr SEAFURYTMK20
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,600 total75 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

N42SFRegistered now · Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20S/N 37721 · Built 1947 Airframe modelHawker SEA FURY TMK 20 Engine modelWright R3350-32WAReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) During approach to the Boise Idaho airport (boi) the engine quit. The pilot made an emergency forced landing on a road approx. 10 miles south of the airport. During the landing, the aircraft went off the road and through a barbed wire fence which was supported by steel posts. The right flap, right aileron, right fuel drop tank and the right lower wing skin received minor damage. Investigation showed that contamination in the fuel system double acting pressure relief valve did not allow the valve to close properly. This prevented the fuel system from pressurizing which would not allow on board extra fuel to transfer to the main feeder tank. Fuel to the engine is only available from the main tank and it was empty.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING APPROACH TO THE BOISE IDAHO AIRPORT (BOI) THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD APPROX. 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE ROAD AND THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY STEEL POSTS. THE RIGHT FLAP, RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT FUEL DROP TANK AND THE RIGHT LOWER WING SKIN RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL SYSTEM DOUBLE ACTING PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE DID NOT ALLOW THE VALVE TO CLOSE PROPERLY. THIS PREVENTED THE FUEL SYSTEM FROM PRESSURIZING WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW ON BOARD EXTRA FUEL TO TRANSFER TO THE MAIN FEEDER TANK. FUEL TO THE ENGINE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE MAIN TANK AND IT WAS EMPTY.