ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201482
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| Date: | Saturday 18 November 2017 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8758N |
| MSN: | 28-25579 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4334 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bladenboro Airport (3W6), Bladenboro, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bladenboro, NC (3W6) |
| Bladenboro, NC (3W6) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot stated that, after a go-around, he was on the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern when the engine lost partial power. He applied carburetor heat, but it did not restore full power to the engine. With the airplane unable to reach the runway, he performed an off-airport landing to a field, which resulted in substantial damage to the wing leading edges and engine mounts. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that there was an insect nest in the carburetor heat control box that prevented it from functioning properly. The examination revealed no evidence of other preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the engine that would have precluded normal operation. The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of serious carburetor icing at glide engine power settings. It is likely that the initial loss of engine power was the result of an accumulation of ice in the carburetor that could not be removed by using carburetor heat due to the insect nest.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the presence of an insect nest in the carburetor heat control box that prevented the pilot’s application of carburetor heat from restoring engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N8758N
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Images:
Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2017 00:40 | Geno | Added |
| 20-Nov-2017 17:08 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 15-Jul-2019 18:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 15-Jul-2019 18:38 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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