ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373081
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Date: | Friday 8 May 1987 |
Time: | 19:43 LT |
Type: | Eipper Quicksilver MX |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N53317 |
MSN: | 4451 |
Total airframe hrs: | 400 hours |
Engine model: | ROTAX 503 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Monroe, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Monroe, NC |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE THE ULTRALIGHT-TYPE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO A MOWED FIELD OWNED BY HIM. THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A TREE AT THE END OF THE FIELD AND FELL TO THE TERRAIN NOSE-DOWN. THE STUDENT PILOT NOTED THAT THE ACFT WAS FUELED WITH 93 OCTANE AUTOMOTIVE GAS MIXED WITH 2-CYCLE LUBE OIL, AND THAT THE FUEL WAS 6 MONTHS OLD. HE EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THE PWR LOSS MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE AGE OF THE FUEL.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL87LA137 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 12 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL87LA137
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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