ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364020
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Date: | Thursday 6 February 1992 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Piper J3-C65 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N88380 |
MSN: | 15998 |
Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6228 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL A-65-8 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Church Hill, MS -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Natchez, MS (KHEZ) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED HE REDUCED ENGINE POWER TO IDLE AND APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT TO DESCEND. HE DID NOT CLEAR ENGINE DURING IDLE POWER DESCENT FROM 2,500 FEET TO 700 FEET. WHEN HE LEVELED THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY COUGH AND SPUTTER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE LOADED UP DURING DESCENT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO CLEAR HIS ENGINE DURING DESCENT RESULTING IN THE SPARK PLUGS BECOMING FOULED WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA92LA097 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA92LA097
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