19991230038459I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · DJI INSPIRE 1 · Thomson, GA · December 30, 1999

Date: December 30, 1999 · 16:30 local
Place: Thomson, GA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N38PL
Reported engine: Continental TSIO550B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,798 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N38PLRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2018 · DJI INSPIRE 1S/N W13DCB07020298 Airframe modelDJI INSPIRE 1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) Pilot reported engine failure @6500, tried to restart engine but to no avail. Fuel on arrival to ground approx. 10 gallons with inclusion of 5 unusable. Upon investigation injectors have fuel, also gascolator was easily pressurized. On jan 20, 2000 piedmont aviation along with myself and personnel from augusta aviation accomplished a restart of aircraft engine with out the addition of fuel.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE @6500, TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE BUT TO NO AVAIL. FUEL ON ARRIVAL TO GROUND APPROX. 10 GALLONS WITH INCLUSION OF 5 UNUSABLE. UPON INVESTIGATION INJECTORS HAVE FUEL, ALSO GASCOLATOR WAS EASILY PRESSURIZED. ON JAN 20, 2000 PIEDMONT AVIATION ALONG WITH MYSELF AND PERSONNEL FROM AUGUSTA AVIATION ACCOMPLISHED A RESTART OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE WITH OUT THE ADDITION OF FUEL.