# Fuel distribution

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft power plant](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0105) › [Engine fuel and control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010573) › Fuel distribution
- NTSB code: 01057310
- Cases: 55
- In the probable cause: 51
- Fatal cases: 8
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057310/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057310/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057310

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

- 2008: 3 / 5
- 2009: 5 / 5
- 2010: 5 / 5
- 2011: 5 / 5
- 2012: 3 / 3
- 2013: 2 / 2
- 2014: 2 / 2
- 2015: 3 / 3
- 2016: 4 / 4
- 2017: 2 / 2
- 2018: 1 / 1
- 2019: 1 / 1
- 2020: 3 / 3
- 2021: 3 / 3
- 2022: 2 / 2
- 2023: 2 / 4
- 2024: 5 / 5

## Defining events in these cases

- [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 14 cases
- [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 10 cases
- [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 8 cases
- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 8 cases
- [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 6 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 2 cases
- [Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193): 2 cases
- [Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192): 2 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases
- [Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Robinson Helicopter R44 II](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 2 cases
- [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 2 cases
- [Piper PA-32R-301T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t): 2 cases
- [Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-luscombe-8a): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28R-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18): 1 cases
- [Mooney M20M](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 14 cases
- [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 9 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 5 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 4 cases
- [Fuel distribution](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022820) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 3 cases
- [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB ERA25LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA041), Nov 2, 2024: Anderson Kitfox 4 (N620GA), New Castle, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to a split fuel line that resulted in a fuel leak and reduced fuel supply to the aft carburetor.
- [NTSB WPR24LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA314), Sep 19, 2024: Cessna U206G (N6522Z), West Sacramento, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the No. 4 cylinder fuel injection assembly tube and subsequent total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB WPR24LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA294), Aug 30, 2024: Luscombe 8 (N71899), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the left fuel valve, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.
- [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 WPR24LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA130), Apr 22, 2024: James E Davidson JR Rans S-7S Courier (N599YY), Benson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s unintentional use of a winter-blend fuel that was susceptible to vaporization, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power due to vapor lock. Contributing to the accident…
- [NTSB WPR23LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA272), Jul 17, 2023: Mellinger B L III/Briebleb R Glasair III (N196G), Pahrump, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fuel leak due to damaged threads on a fuel line fitting, which resulted in an interruption of fuel flow and a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
- [NTSB WPR23LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA232), Jun 17, 2023: Piper PA-28-140 (N3508K), Rochester, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A broken fuel line fitting that resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
- [NTSB ENG23LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23LA030), Jun 17, 2023: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (N926TT), Sioux City, IA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A No. 2 (right) engine failure due to a spinner fairing separation and subsequent impact with the fan blades that resulted in a midspan fracture of one fan blade. The spinner fairing separated as a…
- [NTSB CEN23FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA173), May 6, 2023: Cessna 310D (N6798T), Ennis, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The partial loss of right engine power due to reduced fuel flow as a result of the contamination of the fuel screen.
- [NTSB ENG22LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22LA020), Apr 3, 2022: Bombardier BD-700-2A12 (N63RP), West Palm Beach, FL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: An in-flight engine fire resulted from a fuel leak from fuel nozzle No. 16 pigtail-to-fuel manifold b-nut connection that contacted hot engine parts and ignited. Contributing to the manifold fuel…

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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