ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207939
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 March 2018 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Kitfox Super Sport |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N925DP |
| MSN: | KA13063258 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1296 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Columbia County, Wallace Island, Columbia River, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pacific City, OR (PFC) |
| Vancouver, WA (VUO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot of the experimental, amateur-built airplane reported that, while flying about 800 ft above a river during a personal flight, he advanced the throttle to climb then the engine started to lose power. He elected to land on a nearby island, during which the airplane nosed over.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the throttle cable set screw on the aft side of the throttle body arm had backed out of its original position and was no longer securing the throttle cable. As a result, the cable moved freely with no corresponding motion on the throttle body arm. This would have also resulted in the pilot's inability to adjust the engine power from the cockpit throttle control. Maintenance records revealed that the pilot built and installed the throttle body arm about 7 months and 204 flight hours before the accident. In addition, a vernier-style throttle cable was installed about 6 months and 159 flight hours before the accident. It is likely that the set screw was improperly secured during one of the previous maintenance events and came loose during operation, which released its hold on the throttle cable.
Probable Cause: A partial loss of engine power due to an improperly secured throttle cable set screw.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=925DP
Location
Media:
Plane crashes in Clatskanie, pilot rescued by Coast Guard: The male pilot was trying to land around 1:30 p.m. onto a sand bar on Wallace Island near Erickson Dike Road and crashed due to mechanical issues. The pilot was later taken from the scene by the… https://t.co/DFK6HwkdkB
— Breaking PDX News (@breakingPDXnews) 20 mars 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2018 21:53 | Geno | Added |
| 20-Mar-2018 22:38 | Geno | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2018 23:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Mar-2018 00:22 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2019 07:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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