ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209228
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| Date: | Friday 15 December 1995 |
| Time: | 11:33 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-IPI |
| MSN: | 38-79A0277 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bankstown Airport (YSBK), Bankstown, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | YSBK |
| YSBK | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The purpose of the flight was to assess the student prior to his first solo flight. Preflight fuel contents were 95L, and the pre-take off engine run, which included a carburettor heat check, was reported to have been normal. The instructor pilot reported that two uneventful circuits were completed. On the third circuit, prior to turning onto the base leg, the student applied full carburettor heat and reduced engine power to 1500 RPM. After turning onto the base leg the approach appeared too high and engine power was further reduced to 1100/1200 RPM. Turning onto the final leg, the aircraft appeared to be undershooting and the student was prompted to increase power, but there was no response from the engine. The instructor immediately took control, confirmed that carburettor heat was on, the mixture was rich, and changed the fuel tank selection. However, there was no response from the engine, which continued to rotate at 1100/1200 RPM. By now, the aircraft was well below the required approach path. The instructor made a brief MAYDAY call and tried to manoeuvre the aircraft to land on a cleared area short of the runway, but the landing gear collided with a 2 m high wire fence. The aircraft cartwheeled sideways before coming to rest. Both occupants were able to escape without injury. Investigation determined that the engine controls were correctly connected and functioned normally. The carburettor hot air box had been squashed in the accident, and the hot air duct was disconnected. It could not be determined if the duct had detached before, or as a result of, the accident. After removing the hot air box, the engine performed normally during a ground test. The weather conditions at the time were conducive to severe carburettor icing at descent power. It is likely that carburettor icing occurred during the low power descent and precluded the engine accelerating above idle power on the final approach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1995/aair/199504223/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4933464/199504223.pdf
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| 14-Apr-2018 07:06 | Pineapple | Added |
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