ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200597
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| Date: | Monday 4 July 2016 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N916BN |
| MSN: | 21085 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 972 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Maries, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cheney, WA (11WA) |
| St. Maries, ID (S72) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that, on short final to the runway, the engine lost partial power. The pilot then switched fuel tanks, activated the boost pump, and pumped the throttle, but engine power was not restored. The pilot subsequently landed in a field about 300 to 500 ft short of the runway, and the airplane nosed over.
Postaccident examination of the airplane and engine revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot stated that he believed that the loss of power was due to carburetor ice because he might not have applied carburetor heat during the flight. The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to moderate carburetor icing at cruise power settings and serious carburetor icing at descent power settings. It is likely that the loss of engine power resulted from carburetor icing due to the pilot’s failure to apply carburetor heat.
Probable Cause: A partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing, which resulted from the pilot’s failure to apply carburetor heat.
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 26-Oct-2017 19:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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