# Accident 20011204034349A: Whitty Philip MUSTANG II, Hamstead, NC, December 4, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hamstead, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N888PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888PW-2004-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whitty Philip MUSTANG II (registry code 05610Z8, https://openairdocs.org/model/whitty-philip-mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011204034349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 32 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES AND WAS RETURNING TO TOPSAIL AIRPORT. IN CRUISE AT 2000 FT. MLS, "IT STOPPED PUMPING FUEL." THE PILOT LOOKED AT THE FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE AND IT WAS BELOW 15 PSI. HE TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP AND THE PRESSURE WENT ABOVE 20 PSI. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS WINDMILLING, IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN. THE PILOT SELECTED A FIELD THAT WAS CLEAR OF TREES AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A SOFT FIELD AND TRAVELED LESS THAN 50 FEET BEFORE FLIPPING OVER.

## 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 ATL02LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA016), Dec 4, 2001: Whitty, Philip J. Mustang II (N888PW), Hampstead, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent nose over during landing roll. A factor was the soft, unsuitable terrain.

## Other reports on N888PW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20031003027429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031003027429A), Oct 3, 2003: Amtr MUSTANG2 (N888PW), Holly Ridge, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Experimental airplane collided with the ground shortly after its first attempted landing at a privately owned airstrip in Topsail, north carolina. The…

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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