# Fuel sys wiring

- 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 sys wiring
- NTSB code: 01022897
- Cases: 5
- In the probable cause: 5
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022897/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022897/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022897

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

- 2008: 1 / 1
- 2010: 1 / 1
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2021: 1 / 1
- 2022: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 1 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 1 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 1 cases
- [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 1 cases
- [Explosion (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/160): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Enstrom 280FX](https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-280fx): 1 cases
- [Beech U-8F](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-u-8f): 1 cases
- [Ayres S2R-G6](https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-s2r-g6): 1 cases
- [Henry L Berrier JR ARION LIGHTNING LS-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/henry-l-berrier-jr-arion-lightning-ls-1): 1 cases
- [Hyde William R HELICYCLE](https://openairdocs.org/model/hyde-william-r-helicycle): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Adequacy of policy/proc](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04021015) (Organizational issues): 1 cases
- [Tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Scheduled/routine inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Fuel selector/shutoff valve](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022823) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Fuel pumps](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022822) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA22LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA186), Apr 7, 2022: Henry L Berrier JR Arion Lightning LS-1 (N6688S), Mountain City, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to intermittent operation of both the engine-driven fuel pump and the electric boost pump. Contributing was the pilot’s delay in rejecting the takeoff, after the…
- [NTSB CEN21LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA274), Jun 17, 2021: Beech U-8F (N62069), Goodland, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s inadequate inspection of the airplane, which failed to detect and correct chafed electrical wiring and a degraded fuel bladder with holes, which resulted in ignition of fuel…
- [NTSB CEN11LA553](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA553), Aug 6, 2011: Hyde William R Helicycle (N128BH), Metone, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of an electrical system failure.
- [NTSB CEN10CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA138), Mar 4, 2010: Enstrom 280FX (N327TB), Goshen, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate preflight inspection by both pilots, resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the disconnected fuel tank sending unit.
- [NTSB DEN08LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA107), Jun 20, 2008: Ayres S2R-G6 (N61374), Pine Bluff, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of an electrical short in the wiring to the manual fuel switch that closed the fuel valves.

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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