- Date
- October 12, 1989, 16:02 local (20:02 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N181BBBrickman Eipper Mxii
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891012039999A
- Case key
- 32592
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Probable cause
A cracked impulse line to the fuel pump, which resulted in an inoperative fuel pump and fuel starvation. Factors related to the accident were: the vehicles and high obstructions in the emergency landing area, which necessitated a maneuver to avoid their collision.
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
During cruise flt, the eng lost power & would not restart. The plt started to land on a highway, but traffic was heavy, so he elected to land between the highway & a nearby fence. However, he had to maneuver to avoid large signs beside the roadway & subsequently damaged the acft during landing. An exam revealed that a plastic impulse line on the eng, which operated the fuel pump diaphragm, had become cracked, disabling the fuel pump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N181BB
- Reported as
- Brickman Eipper Mxii (EIPPER MXI)
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 05675P7
- Engine
- Rotax 345, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Burton C. Brickman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Miami, FL
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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 366 total · 87 in this make and model · 323 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 1 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.