ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144158
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| Date: | Thursday 1 March 2012 |
| Time: | 07:45 |
| Type: |  Rand Robinson KR-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1701L |
| MSN: | 4176 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 259 hours |
| Engine model: | Corvair 2700 CC |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boca Raton Airport - KBCT, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boca Raton, FL (BCT) |
| Boca Raton, FL (BCT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was turning from the downwind to the base leg of the traffic pattern when the airplane’s engine had a total loss of power. The pilot trimmed the airplane for its best glide speed and maneuvered the airplane toward the runway. However, the airplane impacted the airport’s perimeter fence, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. A postaccident examination revealed that the engine air inlet cowling ducting had separated from its attaching material, and the ducting tube slid into the engine air flow control box, blocking the carburetor’s air inlet.
Probable Cause: The failure of the airplane’s engine air inlet system resulting in a total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://web.archive.org/web/20120304052149/http://www.sun-sentinel.com:80/news/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-boca-plane-crash-20120301,0,1649836.story
http://bocanewsnow.com/2012/03/01/small-plane-crash-lands-at-boca-raton-airport/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=1701l
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.wpbf.com/image/30579906/detail.html] (accident photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 2005 | N1701L | Private | 0 | Georgia Hwy 15, 6 miles east of Vienna, GA | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2012 13:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Mar-2012 15:52 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 02-Mar-2012 03:18 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Mar-2012 05:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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