# Accident 20050622014089A: Yaklev YAK52, Columbus, NE, June 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2005, 14:50 local time
- Place: Columbus, NE
- Airport: Columbus Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4487° N, 97.3409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (OLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4487&lon=-97.3409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962KY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962KY-2008-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S C Aerostar S A YAK-52 (registry code 1140000, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-c-aerostar-s-a-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050622014089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 22, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, YAK-52, N962KY EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED TO MAKE A GLIDE TO EITHER RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORN FIELD GEAR UP, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED, BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT. THE PRIMARY FACTOR IDENTIFIED FOR THIS ACCIDENT WAS FUEL DEPLETION TO THE ENGINE DUE TO A PLUGGED FUEL LINE ON THE RIGHT HAND WING THREE-WAY VALVE SUPPLY LINE. THIS ALLOWED THE LEFT HAND FUEL TANK TO EMPTY AT A GREATER RATE THAN THE RIGHT HAND FUEL TANK. THE RIGHT HAND FUEL LINE WAS PLUGGED TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD NOT MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE ENGINE TAKEOFF POWER FLOW RATE, AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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