ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293087
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| Date: | Friday 9 September 2005 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-4 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N9120Q |
| MSN: | 2278 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 369 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grafton, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Batesville Municipal Airport, AR (BVX/KBVX) |
| Sterling-Whiteside County Airport, IL (SQI/KSQI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane nosed over during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot reported the engine "started missing" and eventually "went dead" during cruise flight. The pilot stated that he switched fuel tanks, checked the magnetos, and applied carburetor heat to no avail. The pilot stated that he performed a forced landing into a soybean field and nosed over during the landing rollout. The engine was test run during a post-accident examination. The engine started and ran at idle for a period of five minutes with no anomalies. The engine subsequently ran at 2,100 rpm with no anomalies. The gascolator and carburetor inlet screen were contaminated with fragments of a red fabric-like substance. The red fragments were similar to a shop-cloth or scotch-brite abrasion pad.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power due to contamination of the fuel system, gascolator and carburetor inlet screen. A factor to the accident was the soybean crop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI05CA259
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2022 15:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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