# Accident 20090712010339A: Amtr SH2R, Sequim, WA, July 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2009, 19:15 local time
- Place: Sequim, WA
- Airport: Diamond Point Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0889° N, 122.9236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0889&lon=-122.9236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N370LR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N370LR-2010-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mid-South Custom Craft SH-2R (registry code 0560774, https://openairdocs.org/model/mid-south-custom-craft-sh-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SH2R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 105 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090712010339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN A BIT OF A HURRY TO BEAT THE SUNSET AND HAD GOTTEN FLUSTERED WHEN A CARAVAN TAXI AROUND HIM WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING HIS RUN-UP.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE USES THE HEADER FUEL TANK DURING TAXI AND RUN-UP AND THAT IT IS ON HIS CHECKLIST TO SWITCH TO THE MAIN FUEL TANK PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD USED HIS CHECKLIST BUT SOME HOW FORGOT TO SWITCH HIS TANKS TO THE MAINS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD OVERFLOWN THE DIAMOND POINT AIRPORT AT 3500 FT HEADED NORTH WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER WHILE OUT OVER THE WATER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND HAD TURNED HIS BOOST PUMP BUT THE ENGINE POWER NEVER CAME UP.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TO OCCUPIED FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE HAD FAILED TO SWITCH THE TANKS TO THE MAINS.  INSPECTION OF THE MAIN FUEL TANKS AND NOTED THAT THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY HALF FULL OF FUEL.

## 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 WPR09CA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA342), Jul 12, 2009: Mid-South Custom Craft SH-2R (N370LR), Sequim, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's failure to reposition the fuel selector to the main tank. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure 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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