ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358055
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1995 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing-Stearman E75N1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1535M |
| MSN: | 75-8520 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL W670A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wauchula, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Lakeland, FL (KLAL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 1,500 FEET AGL WHEN THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING TO THE ONLY AVAILABLE LANDING AREA. ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY REVEALED THE SERRATED TEETH ON THE VALVE TIMING GEAR AND THE INTERMEDIATE CAM GEAR WERE WORN, PREVENTING THE VALVE TRAIN AND GENERATOR FROM OPERATING.
Probable Cause: A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO WORN SERRATED TEETH ON THE VALVE TIMING GEAR AND INTERMEDIATE CAMSHAFT DRIVE GEAR WHICH PREVENTED THE VALVE TRAIN AND GENERATOR FROM OPERATING. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96LA018
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 May 1989 | N1535M | Private | 0 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | |
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| 14-Mar-2024 09:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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