# Accident 20180323014619A: Fairchild Funk M62C F-23A, Columbia, TN, March 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2018, 16:44 local time
- Place: Columbia, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6133° N, 86.9850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6133&lon=-86.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1131Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1131Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Funk M62C F-23A (registry code 3374004, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-funk-m62c-f-23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R-755B2 (registry code 35023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD FUNK M62C F-23A
- Reported engine: JACOBS R-755B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 34 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180323014619A

## Narrative

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

20 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, PILOT SWITCHED FROM LEFT TANK TO RIGHT TANK. ENGINE RAN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT SWITCHED BACK TO THE LEFT TANK AND TURNED ON BOOST PUMPS. ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. RIGHT TANK HAD 3/4 FUEL AT THE SCENE. THE LEFT TANK WAS RUPTURED. THE TANK STILL HAD SOME FUEL IN IT AND THERE WAS A BLADDER PLACED UNER THE WING BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO CATCH FUEL. THE BLADDER WAS 3/4 FULL WHEN I ARRIVED.

## 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 ERA18LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA113), Mar 23, 2018: Fairchild Funk M62C F 23A (N1131Z), Columbia, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent selection of the fuel selector handle to the off position, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power.

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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