What happened
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On Sunday afternoon 6/20/10 while enroute from columbia airport (O22) to madera California Ercoupe N3437H experienced a engine failure due to fuel starvation. The suction line from the wing tank to the fusalage tank was damaged when it made direct contact with the hot exhaust tube and a hole was made. The hole prevented fuel from being siphoned from the wing tank to the nosel fuel tank and therefore when the tank was depleted the engine stopped. The pilot set up for a landing in a plowed field and landed with the furrows causing no damage to the airplane. The fusalage tank was filled and the aircraft flown by another pilot to the merced municipal airport (mce) where maintenance was performed to correct the damaged rubber line.
As the FAA filed it
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON 6/20/10 WHILE ENROUTE FROM COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22) TO MADERA CALIFORNIA ERCOUPE N3437H EXPERIENCED A ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE SUCTION LINE FROM THE WING TANK TO THE FUSALAGE TANK WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT MADE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE HOT EXHAUST TUBE AND A HOLE WAS MADE. THE HOLE PREVENTED FUEL FROM BEING SIPHONED FROM THE WING TANK TO THE NOSEL FUEL TANK AND THEREFORE WHEN THE TANK WAS DEPLETED THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT SET UP FOR A LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD AND LANDED WITH THE FURROWS CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE FUSALAGE TANK WAS FILLED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY ANOTHER PILOT TO THE MERCED MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MCE) WHERE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED TO CORRECT THE DAMAGED RUBBER LINE.
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