- Date
- March 13, 1992, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Timmonsville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N169DWWilliam D. Weeks Glasair I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920313007459A
- Case key
- 8571
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Probable cause
The improper selection of the fuel sector valve to the off position by the pilot.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the approach to the airport, he inadvertently turned the fuel selector to the off position. The aircraft engine stopped producing power while on base leg, and he was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a pond off the end of the runway. After touchdown in the pond, the aircraft struck a submerged stump and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N169DW
- Reported as
- William D. Weeks Glasair I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 169
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Weeks, William D.
- Registered owner
- Weeks, William D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1991 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Airport
- 58J · Huggins Memorial, runway 32, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 929 total · 13 in this make and model · 804 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N169DW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.