ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361898
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1993 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna FA150K |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N922SZ |
| MSN: | 0047 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Willis, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Conroe, TX (KCXO) |
| Tomball, TX (KDWH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
FOLLOWING A PARTIAL POWER LOSS, THE AIRPLANE WAS DESCENDING AT A RATE OF 50 FEET PER MINUTE. THE SURROUNDING TERRAIN WAS COVERED BY WOODLANDS AND NUMEROUS TRAFFIC WAS ALONG THE AVAILABLE ROADWAYS. DURING THE FORCED LANDING APPROACH TO A FIELD, A FENCE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE LANDING ROLL PATHWAY. THE PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE MAIN GEAR DUG INTO THE WET TERRAIN AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLOWN 2.6 HOURS SINCE THE LAST INSPECTION. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK. THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE AND THE NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVE WERE TIGHT AND CARBON BUILDUP WAS NOTED ON THE VALVE STEMS
Probable Cause: LOSS OF PARTIAL ENGINE POWER DUE TO STUCK EXHAUST VALVE AND EXHAUST AND INTAKE VALVE BINDING WITH CARBON BUILDUP. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93LA188
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 March 2003 | N922SZ | Private | 0 | Houston, Texas | |
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| 17-Mar-2024 15:33 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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