# NTSB LAX91DUJ02: Joe L. Harr SE-5A, N4565, Camp Verde, AZ, October 20, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 20, 1990, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Camp Verde, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.479598, -111.77964 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4796&lon=-111.7796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 23, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26951
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX91DUJ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26951/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91DUJ02

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT SHUT-OFF OF THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel tank selector position - inadvertent deactivation, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4565), registered now, S/N B4567 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOE L. HARR SE-5A
- Registry model: [Harr Joe L SE-5 A](https://openairdocs.org/model/harr-joe-l-se-5-a) (registry code 056166K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: B4567
- Airframe hours: 7
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19901020046609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901020046609A), Oct 20, 1990: Amtrrp SE5AREPLICA, Camp Verde, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed across a runway and separated engine and firewall. Had bumped fuel to off position.

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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