# NTSB BFO91DLQ01: Gordorn Price Ultimate 10-300, N6521R, Franklin, KY, July 29, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 29, 1991, 18:13 local (23:13 UTC)
- Place: Franklin, KY
- Location: 36.7128° N, 86.5536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7128&lon=-86.5536&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO91DLQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11619/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91DLQ01

## Probable cause

DELAY IN SWITCHING FUEL TANKS WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel tank selector position - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS EN ROUTE AND AS HE WAS SWITCHING FUEL TANKS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN FIELD WHERE THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.  THERE WAS FOUR GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TOP WING FUEL TANK AND NONE IN THE FORWARD AND AFT FUSELAGE TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6521R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6521R-1993-11-08), registration cancelled 1993-11-08, S/N 300-002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GORDORN PRICE ULTIMATE 10-300 (ULTIMATE 1)
- Registry model: [Price Gordon ULTIMATE 10-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/price-gordon-ultimate-10-300) (registry code 7220531) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 300-002
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bill Baird Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Bill Baird Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 22, 1990, 53 hours before
- Departed: I05, STURGIS, KY
- Destination: CSV, CROSSVILLE, TN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 12,000 total, 50 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BWG, 999 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910729030509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910729030509A), Jul 29, 1991: Amtr ULTIMATE, Franklin, KY, Substantial damage. Power plant quit as the pilot was switching fuel tanks. Aircraft collided with the ground while landing in field.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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