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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Deforrest Marquart MA · Punta Gorda, FL · July 7, 2010

Date: July 7, 2010 · 11:45 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2PF
Reported as: Deforrest Marquart MA
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,600 total30 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N2PFRegistered now · Deforrest MARQUART MA-5S/N 0022 · Built 1976 Airframe modelDeforrest MARQUART MA-5 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Approximately 20 minutes after take off, privacy data omitted noticed that the fuel presure low pressure light was illuminated. He turned on the aux fuel pump and the fuel pressure recovered for about 60 seconds then dropped off again. Seconds later the engine failed. privacy data omitted Set up for a normal VFR pattern with intentions of landing southbound on s.r. 31. The approach and landing was normal, however, during rollout, ran off the pavement into a ditch and hit a barbed wire fence.

As the FAA filed it

APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THAT THE FUEL PRESURE LOW PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. HE TURNED ON THE AUX FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL PRESSURE RECOVERED FOR ABOUT 60 SECONDS THEN DROPPED OFF AGAIN. SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE FAILED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET UP FOR A NORMAL VFR PATTERN WITH INTENTIONS OF LANDING SOUTHBOUND ON S.R. 31. THE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER, DURING ROLLOUT, RAN OFF THE PAVEMENT INTO A DITCH AND HIT A BARBED WIRE FENCE.