# Fuel temperature

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Fuel system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010228) › Fuel temperature
- NTSB code: 01022843
- Cases: 4
- In the probable cause: 3
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022843/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022843/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022843

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 1 / 2
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2024: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 2 cases
- [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 1 cases
- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181): 1 cases
- [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177): 1 cases
- [American AA-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a): 1 cases
- [Sterling Robert 4P](https://openairdocs.org/model/sterling-robert-4p): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [High temperature](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031015) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Conducive to carburetor icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031030) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Fuel distribution](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057310) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Fuel pressure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022844) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Fuel distribution](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022820) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB WPR24LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA146), May 9, 2024: Robert Sterling 4P (N78GP), Lake Havasu City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during initial climb due to fuel vapor lock. Contributing to the accident was the incorrect installation of the ancillary fuel supply system components.
- [NTSB WPR19LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA259), Sep 14, 2019: Piper PA28 (N4403Z), Marana, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Excessive fuel pressure and temperature throughout the fuel system due to heat soaking, which resulted in an engine fire during engine start.
- [NTSB SEA08CA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA180), Aug 17, 2008: Cessna 177 (N29304), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to vapor lock. Contributing to the accident was the high atmospheric temperature.
- [NTSB NYC08CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA154), Apr 6, 2008: American AA-1A (N7UX), Alabaster, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to utilize carburetor heat during a power off approach.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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