Chamberlain Gerald ESCAPADE accident near Rutland, OH
On July 20, 2012, a Chamberlain Gerald ESCAPADE (airplane) was involved in an accident near Rutland, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 20, 2012
- Place
- Rutland, OH
- Aircraft
- Chamberlain Gerald ESCAPADE · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.110°N, 82.114°W
- NTSB ID
- 20120720X45005
Official records · CEN12LA460
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On July 20, 2012, about 1120 eastern daylight time, an experimental kit-built Escapade airplane, N3YV, collided with trees near Rutland, Ohio. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its wings and fuselage. The airplane was owned and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 91 as a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight that operated on a visual flight rules flight plan. The flight departed the Lumberton Municipal Airport (KLBT), Lumberton, North Carolina, at an unknown time, and was en route to the Newark-Heath Airport (KVTA), Newark, Ohio. A statement provided by an eyewitness reported that the airplane was flying from east to west about 130 feet above ground level and just below low clouds, when the airplane entered a left turn. The airplane's engine sputtered and went silent, the engine sound returned, and then sputtered and went silent. The airplane then descended rapidly in a near vertical attitude. When first responders reached the accident site, they removed an empty, metal tank in order to extract the pilot. This metal tank was later determined to be the airplane’s header fuel tank. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors responded to the accident site. The airplane was equipped with 18 gallon wing fuel tanks which contained only a residual amount of fuel. The fuel filters, which were located beneath the header tank, were also empty of fuel. There was no fuel blighting on the vegetation aroun
Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the inadvertent stall during the pilot’s emergency landing and the pilot’s decision to continue flight in deteriorating weather conditions.
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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.
