# Accident 20151006016499A: Bottineau, ND, October 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2015, 19:00 local time
- Place: Bottineau, ND
- Airport: Bottineau Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8305° N, 100.4173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOTTINEAU MUNI (D09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8305&lon=-100.4173&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT IO-375-B1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 538 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151006016499A

## Narrative

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

WHILE TEST FLYING AN UNREGISTERED/UNAIRWORTHY AIRCRAFT, PILOT SMELLED FUEL IN THE COCKPIT.  ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT SHORTLY AFTER FUEL SMELL WAS DETECTED AT 5000 FEET AGL.  EMERGENCY LANDING INITIATED IN FARM FIELD.  LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT CAUSING COLLISION WITH PARKED TRACTOR.  POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL LINE FROM ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP DISCONNECTED AT FUEL SERVO CAUSING FUEL STARVATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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