# Fuel pump - 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 pump - NTSB code: 01057314 - Cases: 34 - In the probable cause: 29 - Fatal cases: 4 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057314/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057314/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057314 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 2 / 2 - 2009: 2 / 2 - 2011: 1 / 1 - 2012: 3 / 4 - 2014: 3 / 3 - 2015: 3 / 3 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 2 / 2 - 2018: 0 / 1 - 2019: 0 / 2 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2021: 2 / 2 - 2022: 4 / 4 - 2023: 3 / 3 - 2024: 2 / 3 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341): 15 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 6 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 4 cases - [Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340): 4 cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 3 cases - [Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190): 2 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 2 cases - [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b): 2 cases - [Temco D-16A](https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-d-16a): 1 cases - [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140): 1 cases - [Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L](https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-300-l): 1 cases - [North American T-28B](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28b): 1 cases - [Bellanca 14-19-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3): 1 cases - [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42): 1 cases - [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a): 1 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010) (Aircraft): 8 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Installation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062035) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Replacement](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062020) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Fuel control/carburetor](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057322) (Aircraft): 2 cases - [Fuel pumps](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022822) (Aircraft): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN24LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA378), Sep 30, 2024: Piper PA32 (N31407), Caro, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to maintenance personnel’s failure to properly tighten the fuel supply line B-nut at the fuel servo. - [NTSB CEN24LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA337), Sep 2, 2024: Piper PA-28-140 (N32435), East Troy, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/mechanic’s improper torquing of the fuel hose fitting while replacing the fuel pump, which allowed air to enter the fuel system and resulted in a loss of engine power during initial climb.… - [NTSB CEN24FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA218), Jun 12, 2024: Cessna 172 (N656MA), Gainesville, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The fuel pump manufacturer’s improper torquing of screws on the engine-driven fuel pump, which resulted in a disruption in the fuel system and a loss of engine power on initial climb. - [NTSB CEN24LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA077), Dec 30, 2023: Bellanca 17-30A (N678MJ), Washington, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power due to an obstructed fuel vapor return path. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadvertent aerodynamic stall/spin, which likely increased… - [NTSB ERA24LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA040), Nov 16, 2023: Bell Andy Skyraider II (N90AB), Limington, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the fuel pump to adequately supply fuel to the engine due to significant corrosion. - [NTSB CEN23LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA081), Jan 14, 2023: Pitts Model 12 (N512P), Conroe, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the engine-driven fuel pump, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the failure of the fuel pump was an unknown non-ferrous metallic debris that was noted… - [NTSB ERA23LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA063), Nov 4, 2022: Hagerty Glasair Super IIS-TD (N430JV), Jasper, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the failure of the engine-driven fuel pump and the pilot’s failure to use the electric fuel pump, which resulted in a forced, hard landing. - [NTSB CEN22LA438](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA438), Sep 30, 2022: Shirey David A Fisher Celebrity (N812TD), Haskell, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: The inflight fire for reasons that could not be determined. - [NTSB WPR22FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA265), Jul 23, 2022: North American T-28B (N787AS), Fallbrook, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of power due to an unmaintained carburetor diaphragm and inoperative electric fuel pump that resulted in fuel starvation to the engine. - [NTSB WPR22LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA083), Jan 26, 2022: Beech F33A (N1HH), Williams, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s activation of the auxiliary fuel boost pump shortly after takeoff, which resulted in an excess amount of fuel to the engine and a total loss of engine power. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.