- Date
- October 20, 1990, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Verde, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4565Joe L. Harr SE-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901020046609A
- Case key
- 26951
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent shut-off of the fuel supply to the engine shortly after takeoff.
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
Shortly after takeoff the pilot experienced a loss of engine power. During the emergency landing the aircraft collided with a taxi light and proceeded off the runway into rough terrain. Thee pilot stated he inadvertently turned off the fuel tank shut-off valve with his knee during flight. There were no mechanical failures found during the engine examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4565
- Reported as
- Joe L. Harr SE-5A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- B4567
- Airframe hours
- 7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harr, Joseph L.
- Registered owner
- Joel Harr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 22, 1990 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- 7E7 · Montezuma Hights Airpark, runway 34, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,668 total · 7 in this make and model · 3,592 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.