ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73770
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| Date: | Friday 2 April 2010 |
| Time: | 18:35 |
| Type: |  Jabiru J250 |
| Owner/operator: | Lopez Phillip |
| Registration: | N464PP |
| MSN: | 545 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 98 hours |
| Engine model: | Jabiru 3300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lore Wood Grove Road near Summit Airport (KEVY), DE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cambridge, MD (CGE) |
| Toughkenamon, PA (N57) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, during cruise flight the engine reportedly lost power, and his attempts to restore engine power were unsuccessful. The pilot conducted a forced landing, and the airplane collided with trees and power lines before the fuselage came to rest inverted in the wires. A postaccident examination of the airplane’s fuel system did not reveal a reason for the loss of power. The engine was test run after the accident and no evidence of preexisting malfunctions or anomalies were found that would have precluded normal operation. A review of the Federal Aviation Administration carburetor icing probability chart revealed temperature and dew point conditions at the time of the accident were favorable for serious carburetor icing at cruise power settings; however, according to the surviving passenger, the pilot did not discuss the possibility of carburetor ice during the event. A low level of diphenhydramine, an impairing antihistamine, was detected in the pilot’s blood on toxicological evaluation. It is possible that the pilot was somewhat impaired from recent use of the medication, but the role of such potential impairment in his failure to recognize evidence of carburetor icing could not be conclusively determined.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat, which resulted in the formation of carburetor icing and a total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2010 04:02 | RobertMB | Added |
| 03-Apr-2010 18:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2010 11:35 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 16:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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