ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361619
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1993 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: | Maxair AVR-582 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | UNREG |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | ROTAX 532 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wimauma, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THEY DESCENDED FROM 600 FEET TO 200 FEET AND LEVELED OFF. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED. WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD THE AIRSPEED DECREASED RAPIDLY AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED 20 FEET ABOVE THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED RAPIDLY AND CRASHED. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE INDICATED THE NUMBER 1 PISTON HAD SEIZED IN THE CYLINDER DUE TO RAPID COOLING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH FAA. THE PILOT/OWNER HAD APPLIED FOR USUA EXEMPTION TO FAA REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS; HOWEVER, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE EXEMPTION HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT OR DUAL STUDENT HELD FAA PILOT CERTIFICATES OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMANDS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STALLING AND DESCENDING UNCONTROLLED TO THE GROUND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA93LA164
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 20:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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