# Accident 20110917021239A: North American AT-6, Nunica, MI, September 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2011, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nunica, MI
- Airport: Hatfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0972° N, 86.0944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0972&lon=-86.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217RK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN AT-6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA651](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA651) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110917021239A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 08.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT STATED THE LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED.  THE AIRCRAFT FLEW SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A TREE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED FURTHER LEFT AND CRASHED IN A FIELD NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED TRYING TO USE EMERGENCY FUEL PROCEDURES AT LOW ALTITUDE.INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE LOW FUEL PRESSURE.

## 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 CEN11LA651](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA651), Sep 17, 2011: North American AT-6 (N217RK), Nunica, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation during climbout for undetermined reasons, because postaccident examination of the fuel system did not reveal any discrepancies that would have…

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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