# Accident 20130312003419A: Allen Ray Franklin SHA-SH2 GLASAIR, Spanish Fork, UT, March 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork-Springville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1425° N, 111.6642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1425&lon=-111.6642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61RA-2015-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Allen Ray Franklin SHA-SH2 GLASAIR (registry code 05620MR, https://openairdocs.org/model/allen-ray-franklin-sha-sh2-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALLEN RAY FRANKLIN SHA-SH2 GLASAIR
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL TSIO360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 54 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130312003419A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STARTED TO RUN ROUGH 12 MILES SOUTH OF U77. PILOT USED HIGH BOOST TO  SMOOTH OUT ENGINE. ENTERING TRAFFIC PATTERN @ U77 THE POWER WAS REDUCED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO GEAR & FLAP SPEED. WHEN POWER WAS RE-APPLIED THE ENGINE QUIT. BASE LEG WAS MODIFIED TO LAND IN A PLOWED FIELD SINCE THE AIRPORT WAS UNATTAINABLE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCH- DOWN IN SOFT EARTH IT CARTWHEELED TO A UPRIGHT STOP. THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN OFF THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. PILOT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR SCRATCHES.

## 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 WPR13LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA147), Mar 12, 2013: Franklin Glasair II (N61RA), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which likely resulted from air being introduced into the fuel system through the worn shaft of an electric fuel boost pump.

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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