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Aviation accident WPR16LA021
NONE · MD HELICOPTER 369D · 2015-11-03 · Sedro-Woolley, WA, USA
Event
- NTSB number
WPR16LA021- Event ID
20151103X52016- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2015-11-03
- Location
- Sedro-Woolley, WA, USA
- Coordinates
- 48.416389, -121.98278
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- MD HELICOPTER
- Model
- 369D
- Registration
- N510PA
- FAR Part
- 133
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of naphthenate fuel contamination, which blocked the fuel flow through the start pump.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown