Published November 20, 2014
Investigators plan further examination of the fuel pump on a small plane that crashed near Portland International Jetport in Maine, killing two people.
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board noted this week that tests of the crash-damaged Yak-52 pointed toward problems with the fuel pump.
The report says there appeared to be corrosion inside the fuel pump bypass valve and fuel inlet line. A stuck bypass valve could cause the engine to become starved for fuel.
Pilot Mark Haskell of Brunswick was undergoing biannual certification and had a flight instructor with him when the Soviet training aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff on June 17. The propeller was not turning on impact, indicating that the engine had failed.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/investigators-look-at-fuel-pump-as-possible-culprit-in-plane-crash-that-left-2-dead-in-maine