ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368055
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Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1989 |
Time: | 12:30 LT |
Type: | Pietenpol AIR CAMPER B4A |
Owner/operator: | Anderson, David |
Registration: | N10GF |
MSN: | FP-1 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL A-65 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Horatio, AR -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hope, AR (M18) |
Destination airport: | Antlers, OK (80F) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT SAID THAT DURING A CROSS COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING. A POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FAILED TO REVEAL ANY ENGINE ABNORMALITIES OR MALFUNCTIONS. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE FOR CARBURETOR ICING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN CARBURETOR ICE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC89LA192 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC89LA192
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