ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301122
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| Date: | Saturday 25 February 1989 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4717D |
| MSN: | 34817 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1370 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SPARTA, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS BEING USED FOR SPORT PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WHEN ENGINE FAILED DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB OF A JUMP SORTIE. THE PIC INSTRUCTED HIS FOUR SKYDIVER PASSENGERS TO ASSUME A CRASH POSITION AND ACCOMPLISHED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A PIECE OF DUCT TAPE OBSTRUCTING THE CARBURETOR VENTURI RESTRICTING AIRFLOW TO THE ENGINE.
Probable Cause: POOR AND IMPROPER MAINTENANCE WHICH RESULTED IN THE CARBURETOR VENTURI BEING BLOCKED BY THE DUCT TAPE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN ON WHICH THE FORCED LANDING WAS MADE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI89DEV05
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1988 | N4717D | Archway Skydiving | 0 | Sparta, IL | |
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| 13-Nov-2022 14:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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