# Accident 20220621020789A: Mantell Allan T LIGHTNING, Canandaigua, NY, June 21, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Airport: Canandaigua
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9216° N, 77.3359° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9216&lon=-77.3359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51TM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MANTELL ALLAN T LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 407 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220621020789A

## Narrative

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

ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1530 LOCAL. PILOT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. A WITNESS STATED HE OBSERVED A SMALL PLANE HEADING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE A WHEAT FIELD AND DISAPPEARED OVER A HILL. HE FOUND THE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED INTO THE WHEAT FIELD. THE NOSE GEAR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT BACK AND INWARD. FOUND BOTH WOOD PROPELLER BLADES BROKEN OFF AT THE HUB. BLADES SHOWED NO ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. NO MAJOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE OWNER/PILOTS HANGAR AT KIUA. DURING EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE OWNERS AIRPORT A FUEL SMELL WAS NOTED AFTER THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED ON. AFTER, THE COWLING WAS REMOVED TO INSPECT ENGINE, CONTROLS AND ACCESSORIES, THE MASTER WAS AGAIN TURNED ON AND THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE FROM THE FILTER ASSEMBLY TO THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP CAME OFF AT THE FILTER WHEN THE BOOST PUMP ACTIVATED. INSPECTION SHOWED THE LINE COULD BE INSERTED ON AND OFF THE FITTING WITH EASE. THE CLAMP SCREW WAS TIGHT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SECURE THE FUEL LINE. DETERMINED LOWER COWLING MUST HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE FUEL LINE LOOSELY. INSPECTION AT THE SCENE SHOWED THE PROPELLER WAS NOT ROTATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE LINE WAS SECURED AND THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RUN. ENGINE RUN WAS SATISFACTORY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PILOT HAS NO MEMORY OF THE FLIGHT THAT DAY, EVEN AFTER 8 WEEKS.

## 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 ERA22LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA287), Jun 21, 2022: Mantell Allan T Lightning (N51TM), Canandaigua, NY, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s performance of an off-airport landing shortly after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined.

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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