- Date
- October 7, 1991, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Summerfield, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4224CO'Dell, Herbert L. Evans VP-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911007045179A
- Case key
- 33017
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and inadequate preflight by the pilot-in-command.
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 eng experienced a total loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing, the acft was damaged. The accident site was examined the following day by an FAA inspector who stated that the fuel tank was damaged but there was no evidence of fuel leakage under the tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4224C
- Reported as
- O'Dell, Herbert L. Evans VP-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- V-2214-A
- Engine
- Volkswagen, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- O'Dell, Herbert L.
- Registered owner
- O'Dell, Herbert L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 425 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OCF, 14 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.