ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291703
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| Date: | Friday 20 October 2006 |
| Time: | 15:22 LT |
| Type: |  Bowers Fly Baby 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Myron G Williams |
| Registration: | N6054Q |
| MSN: | 1068 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Continental A65-8F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oakdale, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oakdale, CA (O27) |
| (O27) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While attempting to return to the airport following a loss of engine power, the airplane contacted rough terrain during a forced landing in an open field about 3,000 feet short of the runway. A wing and the main landing gear were separated from the airplane after touchdown. Following the loss of power, the pilot activated the carburetor heat to no avail. He turned back to the airport and when he knew he wasn't going to make the runway, he made the forced landing. A plot of the temperature and dew point on a carburetor icing chart revealed that the possibility existed for icing conditions at glide and cruise power settings. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane, and that he should have checked more frequently for carburetor ice during the flight.
Probable Cause: a loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat during conditions that were conducive to carburetor icing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07LA015
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 April 2014 | N6054Q | Private | 1 | Near Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (KMPI), Mariposa, CA | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 17:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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