Narrative:

While on descent into dbn, GA, I experienced a complete engine failure on my extra 200 (EA200) aircraft. I was descending from 7500 ft MSL and the engine quit at 2500 ft MSL overhead dublin county airport. I went through my checklist restart procedure and was unsuccessful in restarting the engine. I accomplished an uneventful dead stick landing on runway 2. I was assisted off the runway to the ramp by 2 of the resident line personnel. While on the ground in dublin, I thoroughly checked over the aircraft and drained both fuel sumps as I wanted to make sure there was no fuel contamination or water. I drained almost a gallon of fuel out of the sumps. After ruling out contamination and noting no water in the fuel sample, I refueled the aircraft. After refueling, I restarted the engine and accomplished my preflight runup, during which all system checked out normal. After ensuring that all system were operating normally, I proceeded to take off to do a test flight over the airport. During this test flight at a ht of 3000 ft, the engine started detonating and running rough, at which time I communicated with macon approach control to return and land at dublin. Macon approach control asked me if I wanted to declare an emergency, which I declined. I told macon approach that there was 1 soul on board and that the aircraft was full of fuel. I landed uneventfully on runway 2 at dublin, taxied in, shut down and called for a mechanic. The aircraft was fully inspected the next day by the mechanic whose findings were as follows: the finger fuel filter which is located prior to the fuel injector was plugged tight with a very fine brown material. The sample is being sent to a laboratory to be examined. The aircraft has 39 hours total flight time and is 11 months old. At the time of this engine failure I was ferrying the aircraft from its home base at dayton wright brothers airport, dayton, oh, to FBO in st augustine, fl, for its annual inspection.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN EXTRA 200 SEL EXPERIENCED ENG FAILURE DURING DSCNT TO A NON TWR DEST ARPT RESULTING IN A DEAD STICK LNDG. PLT CHKED ACFT FOR FUEL CONTAMINATION AND MADE ANOTHER FLT OVER ARPT WHEREIN THE ENG LOST PWR AGAIN CAUSING HIM TO CONTACT THE NEARBY APCH FACILITY AND SUCCESSFULLY LAND AGAIN. MECH FOUND A PLUGGED FUEL FILTER.

Narrative: WHILE ON DSCNT INTO DBN, GA, I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENG FAILURE ON MY EXTRA 200 (EA200) ACFT. I WAS DSNDING FROM 7500 FT MSL AND THE ENG QUIT AT 2500 FT MSL OVERHEAD DUBLIN COUNTY ARPT. I WENT THROUGH MY CHKLIST RESTART PROC AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RESTARTING THE ENG. I ACCOMPLISHED AN UNEVENTFUL DEAD STICK LNDG ON RWY 2. I WAS ASSISTED OFF THE RWY TO THE RAMP BY 2 OF THE RESIDENT LINE PERSONNEL. WHILE ON THE GND IN DUBLIN, I THOROUGHLY CHKED OVER THE ACFT AND DRAINED BOTH FUEL SUMPS AS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO FUEL CONTAMINATION OR WATER. I DRAINED ALMOST A GALLON OF FUEL OUT OF THE SUMPS. AFTER RULING OUT CONTAMINATION AND NOTING NO WATER IN THE FUEL SAMPLE, I REFUELED THE ACFT. AFTER REFUELING, I RESTARTED THE ENG AND ACCOMPLISHED MY PREFLT RUNUP, DURING WHICH ALL SYS CHKED OUT NORMAL. AFTER ENSURING THAT ALL SYS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY, I PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF TO DO A TEST FLT OVER THE ARPT. DURING THIS TEST FLT AT A HT OF 3000 FT, THE ENG STARTED DETONATING AND RUNNING ROUGH, AT WHICH TIME I COMMUNICATED WITH MACON APCH CTL TO RETURN AND LAND AT DUBLIN. MACON APCH CTL ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO DECLARE AN EMER, WHICH I DECLINED. I TOLD MACON APCH THAT THERE WAS 1 SOUL ON BOARD AND THAT THE ACFT WAS FULL OF FUEL. I LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RWY 2 AT DUBLIN, TAXIED IN, SHUT DOWN AND CALLED FOR A MECH. THE ACFT WAS FULLY INSPECTED THE NEXT DAY BY THE MECH WHOSE FINDINGS WERE AS FOLLOWS: THE FINGER FUEL FILTER WHICH IS LOCATED PRIOR TO THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS PLUGGED TIGHT WITH A VERY FINE BROWN MATERIAL. THE SAMPLE IS BEING SENT TO A LABORATORY TO BE EXAMINED. THE ACFT HAS 39 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME AND IS 11 MONTHS OLD. AT THE TIME OF THIS ENG FAILURE I WAS FERRYING THE ACFT FROM ITS HOME BASE AT DAYTON WRIGHT BROTHERS ARPT, DAYTON, OH, TO FBO IN ST AUGUSTINE, FL, FOR ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.