# NTSB investigations: Lycoming AEIO-540 series: Fuel starvation

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR27LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR27LA018.md): Christen Industries Pitts S-2B · Yuma, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · Oct 5, 2026 · N12CK · Substantial damage
- [NTSB WPR19LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA218.md): Extra EA300 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 14, 2019 · N19AM · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s operation of the airplane outside of the manufacturer’s limitations, which resulted in fuel starvation and a partial loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative electric fuel boost pump.
- [NTSB WPR14LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA329.md): Christen Industries Pitts S 2B · Oceanside, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2014 · N88EW · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate fuel planning.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('41568')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '191'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/cases?engine=41568

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