ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165433
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| Date: | Saturday 12 April 2014 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Avid Flyer Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N87JL |
| MSN: | .001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 710 hours |
| Engine model: | Subaru EA81 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stillmeadow Country Club, Withamsville, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Batavia, OH (I69) |
| French Lick, IN (FRH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the engine experienced a sudden and total loss of power during cruise climb. He was unable to restart the engine by isolating the ignition systems and the two fuel pumps. The propeller would rotate while he engaged the starter, but the engine would not restart. Subsequently, the pilot completed a forced landing on a nearby golf course. After an uneventful touchdown on a fairway, the airplane collided with a sand bunker that preceded the green.
A postaccident examination revealed that the experimental amateur-built airplane was equipped with a converted automobile engine that had two ignition systems. The two ignition systems combined at a common distributor before terminating at the spark plugs. Although both ignition coils provided voltage while the engine crankshaft was rotated, a corresponding spark was not produced at the individual spark plugs. An examination of the distributor assembly revealed that the electrode contact had separated from the distributor rotor, which would have resulted in an immediate and total loss of engine power and prevented the engine from being restarted.
Probable Cause: The distributor failure, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during cruise climb.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=87JL
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Media:
Here\'s the plane that crash landed on the 17th hole of a Clermont county golf course. No one injured. pic.twitter.com/VtuEfHxc89
— Karin Johnson WLWT (@karinjohnson) April 12, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2014 22:04 | Geno | Added |
| 13-Apr-2014 06:26 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 16-Apr-2014 04:52 | Geno | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 17-Apr-2014 23:30 | Geno | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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