ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177723
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 2004 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: | Kauffman Bede IV |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N115PK |
| MSN: | 115 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Acme, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Traverse City, MI (TVC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The experimental amateur-built airplane impacted a lake during a forced landing. The reported damage to the engine's components were consistent with oil starvation. The pilot was also the manufacturer and owner of the airplane. The pilot stated that the engine accumulated a total time since new of about 125 hours. The engine was never overhauled since it was purchased by the pilot in 1969. The engine manufacturer’s service instruction states that the engine is to be overhauled in the twelfth year if it does not accumulate the hourly period of time between overhauls.
Probable Cause: Engine oil starvation and inadequate maintenance by the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040709X00943&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2015 17:11 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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