PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Dec 26, 2003 (1 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on December 26, 2003 near Pacific Ocean, World with 1 fatality. Cause: Undetected fuel loss from a...
- Date: December 26, 2003
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Pacific Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Undetected fuel loss from a leaking front filler orifice, compounded by fatigue, hypoxia and delays, so the pilot could not return after the fuel problem was recognised.
A new PAC 750XL being ferried from New Zealand to California reported a fuel system problem about 340 nautical miles from San Francisco and ditched under observation of a US Coast Guard HC-130. The aircraft nosed over on touchdown and the pilot did not get out. Investigators traced the loss to a leaking front fuel filler that was not corrected before the final leg.