ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366077
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| Date: | Sunday 7 October 1990 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: | Historical Aircraft Corp. A-001 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N839 |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1 hours |
| Engine model: | FORD 2300 CC |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Durango, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF ON THE FIRST FLIGHT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. THE PILOT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO LEVEL TERRAIN COVERED BY LOW TREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE.
Probable Cause: ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO CARBURETOR ICE. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF CARBURETOR HEAT EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN91DTM01
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 17:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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