- Date
- April 1, 1992, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Soldier Summit, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N582MKAvid Mark IV
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920401008269A
- Case key
- 41647
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Probable cause
The fuel pump delivering too low fuel pressure. A factor contributing to the accident was the snow covered terrain.
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
One of 3 avid aircraft mark iv's in a cross country flight encountered a total power loss while cruising at 8500 feet MSL. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and executed a forced landing on snow covered terrain during which the aircraft nosed over. The aircraft had sustained a similar power loss on the previous day's flight and the engine driven pulse type fuel pump had been replaced 147 hours previous in another power loss occurrence. The pilot reported that insufficient fuel pump pressure resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N582MK
- Reported as
- Avid Mark IV
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01000
- Airframe hours
- 147
- Engine
- Rotax 582LC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Avid Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Avid Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 1991 · 147 hours before
- Departed
- ENV · Wendover, UT
- Destination
- PUC · Price, UT
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 428 total · 379 in this make and model · 428 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.