# Incident 20100320030239I: Batchelor M HURRICANE H, Auburn, CA, March 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2010, 18:39 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9548° N, 121.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (AUN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9548&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212YP-2010-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Batchelor Mark HURRICANE HP (registry code 05606Y2, https://openairdocs.org/model/batchelor-mark-hurricane-hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BATCHELOR M HURRICANE H
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100320030239I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 20, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1833 HRS, N212YP AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, HURRICANE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AUBURN, CA AIRPORT FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT.  AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 2500 FT. MSL, THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPPED RUNNING.  THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR APPLEGATE RD. ADJACENT INTERSTATE 80 IN AUBURN, CA.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE WING SUPPORT TUBING WAS DAMAGED.  ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK AN OBJECT.  THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND CONTACTED THE NTSB.  THE NTSB APPROVED THE REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SCENE.  THE OWNER PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED THE AIRCRAFT AND TRANSPORTED IT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ON 3/29/2010.  IT WAS NOTED THAT AN "ANNUAL" INSPECTION WAS RECORDED IN THE LOG BOOK ON 8/3/2009.  THE ENGINE WAS VISUALLY EXAMINED WITHOUT TEARDOWN.  IT WAS NOTED THAT NEW FUEL LINES WERE INSTALLED ON THE ENGINE.  THE OWNER STATED THAT HE INSTALLED THE LINES THE DAY OF THE CRASH AND THAT HE BOUGHT THE TUBING AT AN ULTRA LIGHT STORE IN HAYWARD, CA.  IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO HOSE CLAMPS ON THE FUEL LINES.  THEY WERE SECURED WITH "TIE-WRAPS."  PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SENT TO THE NTSB AND ENGINE MANUFACTURER ROTAX.  THE ROTAX SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTED THAT THE TIE-WRAP TYPE CLAMPS ARE NOT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO SECURE THE FUEL TUBING TO THE ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT FITTINGS.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT SUCH A CLAMPING METHOD WOULD ENCOURAGE AIR TO ENTER THE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH IS SUSPECTED AS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE STOPPAGE.  THE RESULTS OF THE FAA FINDINGS WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE NTSB.  THE NTSB IS SATISFIED WITH THE COMMENTS OF THE ROTAX SAFETY REP. AND THAT THE NTSB WILL NOT INVESTIGATE FURTHER.  THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE WAS IMPROPER FUEL LINE CLAMPS CAUSING AIR TO ENTER THE FUEL SYSTEM. AN ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION WILL BE OPENED WITH REGARDS TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE.

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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