First Strike BOBCAT accident near Burlington, IA
On July 7, 1995, a First Strike BOBCAT (airplane) was involved in an accident near Burlington, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 7, 1995
- Place
- Burlington, IA
- Aircraft
- First Strike BOBCAT · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.799°N, 91.120°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03888
NTSB summary
History of Flight On July 7, 1995, sometime between 0730 and 1230, central daylight time, an experimental First Strike Bobcat, N412LF, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing due to loss of engine power at Burlington, Iowa. The private pilot was fatally injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed Burlington Municipal Airport, Burlington, Iowa, on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. An Operations Inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration reported that the airplane wreckage location correlated with a downwind position for runway 18 at Burlington Municipal Airport, Burlington, Iowa. The airplane struck a tree about 30 feet above the ground heading approximately 354 degrees. There was no ground scarring to indicate any forward movement after impact with the ground. The airplane landed inverted with the nose of the aircraft on a 154 degree heading. (See attachments) It could not be determined how long the airplane had been airborne prior to the accident. The wreckage had been located by another airplane flying in the area. The son of the deceased pilot reported to the Des Moines County Sheriff that the airplane had a total fuel capacity of eight gallons. It burned two and a half gallons per hour and it had been filled a week prior to the accident. However, he reported that the hour meter on the aircraft was not working correctly. The inspection of the airplane revealed that the hour meter indicated 0.3 at the time of the accident. (See attachments) The pilot's logbook did not indicate how much he had flow
Probable cause
fatigue failure of a copper fuel line at the carburetor ferrule fitting, which resulted in fuel starvation. The proximity of trees was a related factor.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
