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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99B00048R000100110002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 20, 1969
• Content Type: CABLE

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DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE F ILLY EXPLAINED
THOUGH THE AIRCRAFT CHECKED OUT SATISFACT-
ORILY ON THE GROUND AND A TEST FLIGHT, I I PE SO NEL
THE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE IS NOT EXPLAIN-
BY THE
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ACTS. YOUR REVIEW OF THE FACTS AND COMMENTS ARE
LICITEU.
2. PILOTS STORY FOLLOWS$ AFTER T/f3 FROM HICKAN, AROUND 55M FT# AT
$29 DEGREES EST FELT A FEW SURGES IN THE AIRCRAFT BUT SAW NOTHING ON
THE INSTRUMENTS. THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO 50 DEGREES EST. AIRCRAFT
TOOTHED OUT SO THROTTLE LEFT THERE UNTIL RETARDED FURTHER TO MAIN-
TAIN FERRY CRUISE EPR. FUEL CONSUMPTION TRACKED CURVE VERY WELL.
FOR DESCENT THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE AND BLEED VALVE SWITCH
PLACE IN OPEN POSITION. THROTTLE LEFT IN IDLE UNTIL PITCH OUT IN THE
PATTERN AT ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 11380 FT. AIRSPEED WAS AROUND 93 KTS 50
THROTTLE WAS INCHED FORWARD FOR MORE POWER. RPM WAS 53 PERCENT AT
THIS TIME. NO INCREASE WAS NOTED AND THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED TO FULL
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OPEN WITH NO ENGINE RESPONSE. THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE THEN
"wr AHEAD TO ABOUT 1/4 THROTTLE AND EMERGENCY FUEL CONTROL SELECTED. AS
SOON AS EMERGENCY WAS SELECTED THE ENGINE QUIT IMMEDIATELY. RELIGHT-
ING WAS ATTEMPTED BUT VAS UNSUCCESSSFUL. FLAME OUT LANDING WAS MADE.
THROTTLE WAS NOT RETARDED TO CUTOFF UNTIL AFTER AIRCRAFT HAD STOPPED.
3. MOBIL OFFICER AND OTHER GROUND PERSONNEL DID NOT SEE ANY FUEL
COMING FROM AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT EITHER ON INITIAL APPROACH DIRECTLY
qw OVERHEAD WHEN ENGINE WAS ONLY RUNNING 53 PERCENT OR AFTER ENGINE HAD
PLATED OUT* WHEN THEY REACHED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY THE BOTTOM
OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS WET WITH FUEL. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DREt-'
Ar CHED WITH FUEL AND A SUBSEQUENT' MOTOR ING OF THE ENGINE DISCLOSED THE
SOURCE OF THE LEAK.
A. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL LINE TO THE P
AND D VALVE? INSPECTION AND SAFETYING OF OTHER CONNECTIONS AND A SUB
SEQUENT ENGINE RON AND TEST FLIGHT.
OHS HERE ARE I
AIRCRAFT
RESPONSE CONCE IVEABLY NOT HAVE FUEL OR VAPORS LEAVING THE
A. COULD A FUEL LEAK OF ENOUGH MAGNITUDE TO PREVENT ANY ENGINE
HAVE ANY SIMILAR CASES OF LACK OF ENGINE RESPONSE AT LOW
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COULD THE F AHE()UT AT ITCHOVER HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SOME-'
T'HItG OTHER THAN THE FUEL LEAK?
ALTITUDE SEEN EXPERM
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